Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
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Gill's Exposition
Desiring to be teachers of the law,.... They were very fond of being called Rabbi, Rabbi, and styled doctors of the law, and of being thought to have skill in interpreting the law, and good talents in…
Barnes' Notes
Desiring to be teachers of the law - That is, to have the credit and reputation of being well versed in the law of Moses, and qualified to explain it to others. This was a high honor among the Jews,…
Adam Clarke
Teachers of the law - To be esteemed or celebrated as rabbins; to be reputed cunning in solving knotty questions and enigmas, which answered no end to true religion. Of such the rabbinical teaching…
Here the apostle instructs Timothy how to guard against the judaizing teachers, or others who mingled fables and endless genealogies with the gospel. He shows the use of the law, and the glory of the…
Cambridge Bible
understanding More exactly, though they understand; the negative particle used shews that the clause is subordinate to, not parallel with -setting themselves up," or -desiring," and expresses…
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