And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
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Gill's Exposition
Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself?.... Several charges are here brought against the Jews, even against their teachers; for though they are put by way of question, they…
Barnes' Notes
And art confident - This expression denotes the full assurance of the Jew that he was superior in knowledge to all other people. It is a remarkable fact that the Jews put the fullest confidence in…
Adam Clarke
And art confident, etc. - In consequence of all these religious advantages, ye believe that ye are able to teach others, and to be guides and lights to the bewildered, darkened Gentiles, who may…
In the latter part of the chapter the apostle directs his discourse more closely to the Jews, and shows what sins they were guilty of, notwithstanding their profession and vain pretensions. He had…
Cambridge Bible
thou thyself Strongly emphatic. The person supposed is not only sure of the privileges of Jews in general, but of his ownspiritual competency, by virtue simply of his position and light.
Surely the…
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