Matthew 23:6
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They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,
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And love the uppermost rooms at feasts--The word "room" is now obsolete in the sense here intended. It should be "the uppermost place," that is, the place of highest honor. and the chief seats in the synagogues. See on Luk 14:7-8.
Open source ↗23:6 The seats of honor in the synagogues were near the scrolls of the Torah and facing the congregation.
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