Hello everyone :)
Tonight's reading is:
Matthew 23
Christ makes a lot of references here to things that we are not familiar with in our day, so I am just going to post some helps today. Hopefully this will be useful as you study your scriptures tonight :)
Scripture Helps:
Bid you observe: Invite you to obey.
Grievous to be borne: Tasks difficult to achieve.
Exalt: Lift up above others.
Abased: Brought down.
Suffer: Allow
Devour widow's houses: Take away the homes of widows
Pretence: Outward show
Compass: Travel
Proselyte: Convert
Twofold more: Twice as much
Sanctifieth: Makes holy
Mint, anise, cummin: Spices.
Garnish: Decorate.
Fill ye up then the measures of your fathers: Finish the works begun by your ancestors
Desolate: Empty
Henceforth: Anymore
When Christ talks of Phylacteries and "Enlarge the borders of their garments", he is referring to the garment worn by "holy men", and the tassels that they would hem on their clothes as a remembrance of God's laws. Instead of hemming a small tassel, they would hem on large tassels so that everyone could see just how "righteous" they were. It was all an outside show.
Hope these help as you study tonight!
Sis. Findley
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