MAT 23:2 Parallel View

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UST “The Pharisees and the teachers of the Jewish law instruct you as Moses did.

BSB “The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.

BLB saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees have sat down on Moses' seat;

AICNT saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat.

OEB ‘The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees now occupy the chair of Moses.

WEB saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.

NET “The experts in the law and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.

LSV saying, “On the seat of Moses sat down the scribes and the Pharisees;

FBV “The religious teachers and the Pharisees are responsible as interpreters of the law of Moses,[fn]

23:2 Literally, “sit in Moses' seat.”

TCNT “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat.

T4T “Moses was the renowned teacher who taught the people the laws that God gave him [MTY]. Now, the Pharisees and the men who teach our Jewish laws have made themselves the ones who interpret those laws [IDM].

LEB saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on the seat of Moses.

BBE The scribes and the Pharisees have the authority of Moses;

MOF No MOF MAT book available

ASV saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat:

DRA Saying: The scribes and the Pharisees have sitten on the chair of Moses.

YLT saying, 'On the seat of Moses sat down the scribes and the Pharisees;

DBY saying, The scribes and the Pharisees have set themselves down in Moses' seat:

RV saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat:

WBS Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses's seat.

KJB Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:

BB Saying: The Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moyses seate.
(Saying: The Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses seate.)

GNV Saying, The Scribes and the Pharises sit in Moses seate.
(Saying, The Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses seate. )

CB and sayde: The scrybes & Pharises are set downe vpon Moses seate.
(and said: The scribes and Pharisees are set down upon Moses seate.)

TNT sayinge. The Scribes and the Pharises sit in Moses seate.
(sayinge. The Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses seate. )

WYC and seide, On the chayere of Moises, scribis and Farisees han sete.
(and said, On the chayere of Moses, scribes and Pharisees have sete.)

LUT und sprach: Auf Moses Stuhl sitzen die Schriftgelehrten und Pharisäer.
(and spoke: Auf Moses Stuhl sit the Schriftgelehrten and Pharisäer.)

CLV dicens: Super cathedram Moysi sederunt scribæ et pharisæi.
(dicens: Super cathedram Moysi sederunt scribæ and pharisæi. )

UGNT λέγων, ἐπὶ τῆς Μωϋσέως καθέδρας ἐκάθισαν οἱ γραμματεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι.
(legōn, epi taʸs Mōuseōs kathedras ekathisan hoi grammateis kai hoi Farisaioi.)

SBL-GNT λέγων· Ἐπὶ τῆς Μωϋσέως καθέδρας ἐκάθισαν οἱ γραμματεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι.
(legōn; Epi taʸs Mōuseōs kathedras ekathisan hoi grammateis kai hoi Farisaioi. )

TC-GNT λέγων, Ἐπὶ τῆς [fn]Μωσέως καθέδρας ἐκάθισαν οἱ γραμματεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι·
(legōn, Epi taʸs Mōseōs kathedras ekathisan hoi grammateis kai hoi Farisaioi;)

23:2 μωσεως ¦ μωυσεως CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-quotations

λέγων

saying

Consider natural ways of introducing direct quotations in your language. Alternate translation: “and he said”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐπὶ τῆς Μωϋσέως καθέδρας ἐκάθισαν

on the ˱of˲_Moses seat sat_down

Here, Jesus refers to having the authority that Moses had in teaching the law as if it were sitting in the seat of Moses. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “taught the law as Moses did” or “succeeded Moses as teachers of our law”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐκάθισαν

sat_down

Here, the word sat could imply: (1) that the scribes and the Pharisees are right or correct to sit in the seat of Moses. Alternate translation: “are those who sit” (2) that the scribes and the Pharisees have inappropriately sat in the seat of Moses. Alternate translation: “decided to sit” or “seated themselves”

Note 4 topic: translate-tense

ἐκάθισαν

sat_down

Here Jesus uses the past tense to speak about something that is generally true. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use whatever tense is most naturally for expressing a general truth. Alternate translation: “sit”

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