Matthew 23:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses seat:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Λέγων, Ἐπὶ τῆς Μωσέως καθέδρας ἐκάθισαν οἱ γραμματεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι:

Transliteration

Legōn, Upon the of-Mōseōs kathedras ekathisan the grammateis and the Pharisaioi:

Grammar Details

*Legōn*: present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - saying
*Epi*: preposition with genitive - upon/on
*Mōseōs*: genitive, masculine, singular - possessive
*kathedras*: genitive, feminine, singular - seat/chair of authority
*ekathisan*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person plural - sat down/were seated
*grammateis*: nominative, masculine, plural - subject
*Pharisaioi*: nominative, masculine, plural - subject

Word Meanings

*Legōn*: saying/speaking
*kathedras*: seat/chair/position of authority
*ekathisan*: sat down/took seat/assumed authority position
*grammateis*: scribes/scholars/law experts
*Pharisaioi*: Pharisees/separated ones

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Referenced Verses

Luke 20:46 : 46 Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and love salutations in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts;
Mark 12:38 : 38 And in his teaching he said, Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and [to have] salutations in the marketplaces,
Ezra 7:6 : 6 this Ezra went up from Babylon: and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Jehovah, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him.
Ezra 7:25 : 25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God that is in thy hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people that are beyond the River, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye him that knoweth them not.
Neh 8:4-8 : 4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, [and] Meshullam. 5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up: 6 and Ezra blessed Jehovah, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with the lifting up of their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped Jehovah with their faces to the ground. 7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people [stood] in their place. 8 And they read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.
Mal 2:7 : 7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.

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