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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Woe unto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites,.... Our Lord cannot be thought to bear too hard upon these men, nor does he continue this character of them, and denunciations of woe against them,…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
Which strain at a gnat ... - This is a proverb. There is, however, a mistranslation or misprint here, which makes the verse unmeaning. “To strain” at a “gnat” conveys no sense. It should have been to…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
strain out a gnat A correction for the reading of E. V. "strain ata gnat;" the reading in the text appears in the earlier editions of the English Bible from Tyndale to Bishops" Bible. See Cambridge…
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