Matthew 15:8 is the eighth verse in the fifteenth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.
| Matthew 15:8 | |
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← 15:7 15:9 → | |
_-_James_Tissot_-_overall.jpg) "The Pharisees and the Sadducees Come to Tempt Jesus" by James Tissot (between 1886 and 1894). | |
| Book | Gospel of Matthew |
| Christian Bible part | New Testament |
Content
editIn the original Greek according to Westcott-Hort for this verse is:
- Ἐγγίζει μοι ὁ λαὸς οὗτος τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν, καὶ τοῖς χείλεσί με τιμᾷ, ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν πόρρω ἀπέχει ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:
- This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
The New International Version translates the passage as:
- "'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
Analysis
editThis quotation is from Isaiah 29:13, according to the Septuagint: "This people approaches Me, with their mouth, and honours Me with their lips; but their heart is far from Me." The phrase "approaches me" is understood as reverences me. This sense is captured by the KJV. The NIV uses a freer translation.[1][2]
Commentary from the Church Fathers
editSaint Remigius: "For the Jewish nation seemed to draw near to God with their lips and mouth, inasmuch as they boasted that they held the worship of the One God; but in their hearts they departed from Him, because after they had seen His signs and miracles, they would neither acknowledge His divinity, nor receive Him."[3]
Rabanus Maurus: "Also, they honoured Him with their lips when they said, Master, we know that thou art true, (Mat. 22:16.) but their heart was far from Him when they sent spies to entangle Him in His talk."[3]
References
edit- ^ John MacEvilly, An Exposition of the Gospel of St. John consisting of an analysis of each chapter and of a Commentary critical, exegetical, doctrinal and moral, Dublin Gill & Son 1879.
- ^ Cornelius Cornelii a Lapide; Thomas Wimberly Mossman The great commentary of Cornelius à Lapide, London: J. Hodges, 1889-1896.
- ^ a b "Catena Aurea: commentary on the four Gospels; collected out of the works of the Fathers. Oxford: Parker, 1874. Thomas Aquinas".
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External links
edit| Preceded by Matthew 15:7 |
Gospel of Matthew Chapter 15 |
Succeeded by Matthew 15:9 |