SEV Biblia, Chapter 23:10
Ni seis llamados maestros; porque uno es vuestro Maestro, el Cristo.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Matthew 23:10
Verse 10. Neither be ye called masters] kaqhghtai, leaders. God is in all these respects jealous of his honour. To him alone it belongs to guide and lead his Church, as well as to govern and defend it. Jesus is the sole teacher of righteousness. It is he alone, (who is the word, light, and eternal truth,) that can illuminate every created mind; and who, as saviour and Redeemer, speaks to every heart by his Spirit. Though the title of Rabbi, mentioned above, was comparatively recent in the time of our Lord, yet it was in great vogue, as were the others-father and master, mentioned in this and the following verse: some had all three titles, for thus in Bab. Maccoth, fol. 24. It is feigned," says Dr. Lightfoot, "that when King Jehosaphat saw a disciple of the wise men, he rose up out of his throne, and embraced him, and said, yrm yrm ybr ybr yba yba , Abbi, Abbi! Rabbi, Rabbi! Mori, Mori!-Father, Father! Rabbi, Rabbi! Master, Master!" Here then are the three titles which, in ver. 7, 8, 10, our blessed Lord condemns; and these were titles that the Jewish doctors greatly affected.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 10. Neither be ye called masters , etc.] Or guides and leaders; not but that, the ministers of the word are in a sense such; it is their business to lead and direct souls to Christ, to guide their feet in the way of peace, and to go before them, as examples to them, in word, in conversation, faith, and purity; but then they are to guide them according to the word of God, and not their own dictates; and teach them to observe the rules, and obey the ordinances of Christ, and not what are of their own inventing and prescribing; and to enforce the authority of their great Lord and Master, and not their own; and direct men to a dependence on Christ, as head of the church, who is the one Lord, as his faith is one, and his baptism one also: for one is your master, even Christ; which is said before, in ( Matthew 23:8) but being a matter of so much importance to the honour of Christ, and men being so apt to set up for masters themselves, in opposition to him, or in conjunction with him, or above him, it was necessary to repeat it; for in an authoritative sense he is the one, and only master of the assemblies.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-12 - The scribes and Pharisees explained the law of Moses, and enforce obedience to it. They are charged with hypocrisy in religion. We can only judge according to outward appearance; but God searches the heart They made phylacteries. These were scrolls of paper or parchment wherein were written four paragraphs of the law, to be worn on their foreheads and left arms, Ex 13:2-10; 13:11-16; De 6:4-9; 11:13-21. The made these phylacteries broad, that they might be thought more zealou for the law than others. God appointed the Jews to make fringes upo their garments, Nu 15:38, to remind them of their being a peculia people; but the Pharisees made them larger than common, as if they wer thereby more religious than others. Pride was the darling, reigning sin of the Pharisees, the sin that most easily beset them, and which ou Lord Jesus takes all occasions to speak against. For him that is taugh in the word to give respect to him that teaches, is commendable; but for him that teaches, to demand it, to be puffed up with it, is sinful How much is all this against the spirit of Christianity! The consisten disciple of Christ is pained by being put into chief places. But wh that looks around on the visible church, would think this was the spirit required? It is plain that some measure of this antichristia spirit prevails in every religious society, and in every one of ou hearts.
Greek Textus Receptus
μηδε 3366 CONJ κληθητε 2564 5686 V-APS-2P καθηγηται 2519 N-NPM εις 1520 A-NSM γαρ 1063 CONJ υμων 5216 P-2GP εστιν 2076 5748 V-PXI-3S ο 3588 T-NSM καθηγητης 2519 N-NSM ο 3588 T-NSM χριστος 5547 N-NSM
Vincent's NT Word Studies
10. Masters (kaqhghtai). Lit., leaders.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
23:10 {Masters} (kaqegetai). this word occurs here only in the N.T. It is found in the papyri for teacher (Latin, _doctor_). It is the modern Greek word for professor. "While didaskalos represents Rab, kathgtes stands for the more honorable rabban, -b"n" (McNeile). Dalman (_Words of Jesus_, p. 340) suggests that the same Aramaic word may be translated by either didaskalos or kathgtes. {The Christ} (ho cristos). The use of these words here by Jesus like "Jesus Christ" in his Prayer (#Joh 17:3) is held by some to show that they were added by the evangelist to what Jesus actually said, since the Master would not have so described himself. But he commended Peter for calling him "the Christ the Son of the living God" (#Mt 16:16f.). We must not empty the consciousness of Jesus too much.
