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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Matthew 23:4

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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23:4 unbearable religious demands: There were 613 legal prohibitions and commands, according to the rabbis (see 11:28-30; Acts 15:10, 28). • never lift a finger: The religious leaders were unwilling to consider relaxing traditional legal statutes.
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