Luke 20:47
Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
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The scribes were students in the law, and expositors of it to the people, men in reputation for wisdom and honour, but the generality of them were enemies to Christ and his gospel. Now here we have…
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Cambridge Bible
which devour widows" houses Josephus expressly tells us that the Pharisees had large female followings, and an absolute sway in the Gynaekonitis or women's apartments, Jos. Antt.xviii. 2, § 4.
for a…
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