Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Matthew 23:27
For ye are like unto whitewashed sepulchres. It is stated that
on the 15th of the month of Adair, before the Passover, the Jews
whitewashed all the spots where graves were situated. This was done
both to beautify them and to mark the spots as to prevent any one from
passing over them, which would occasion Levitical defilement. For this
practice, they cited Numbers 19:16 Eze 39:15. This custom gave the basis
for the Savior's figure. In plain view of the Savior and his hearers,
as they stood in the temple court, could be seen the whitened tombs
along the western slope of Olivet, some of which are still seen to this
day.
Beautiful outward, but are within full of dead [men's] bones. A
powerful figure to show forth the contrast between the sanctimonious
professions of the Pharisees and their unholy lives.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 23:1
Matthew 23:27
Luke 11:39-52
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