translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: MAT

label: NET study note

text: See the note on Pharisees in 3:7 .


text: Phylacteries were small leather cases containing OT scripture verses, worn on the arm and forehead by Jews, especially when praying. The custom was derived from such OT passages as Exod 13:9; 16 ; Deut 6:8; 11:18 .


text: See the note on synagogues in 4:23 .


text: There is later Jewish material in the Talmud that spells out such greetings in detail. See H. Windisch, TDNT 1:498.


text: Cumin (alternately spelled cummin ) was an aromatic herb native to the Mediterranean region. Its seeds were used for seasoning.


text: This was an idiom for hypocrisy – just as the wall was painted on the outside but something different on the inside, so this person was not what he appeared or pretended to be (for discussion of a similar metaphor, see L&N 88.234; BDAG 1010 s.v. τοῖχος ). See Deut 28:22 ; Ezek 13:10-16 ; Acts 23:3 .


text: See the note on crucified in 20:19 .


text: Spelling of this name ( Βαραχίου , Baraciou ) varies among the English versions: “Barachiah” (RSV, NRSV); “Berechiah” (NASB); “Berachiah” (NIV).


text: The double use of the city’s name betrays intense emotion. map For location see Map5-B1 ; Map6-F3 ; Map7-E2 ; Map8-F2 ; Map10-B3 ; JP1-F4 ; JP2-F4 ; JP3-F4 ; JP4-F4 .


text: How often I have longed to gather your children. Jesus, like a lamenting prophet, speaks for God here, who longed to care tenderly for Israel and protect her.


text: A quotation from Ps 118:26 .