Is JUDAISM the Law of Moses? - Part 13 - (continued) - Ernest L Martin - February 1962

Ernest L Martin

Jesus said: "The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: whatsoever they bid you, that do!" What did Jesus mean? What was "Moses' seat?" What was its authority? - and what about that authority today? CHRIST said: "The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: all therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do..." (Matthew 23:2, 3). Scribes and Pharisees Sat on Moses' Seat. What did Jesus mean? This command has perplexed many people. The example Jesus gave while on earth was clearly against the tradition and commandments of the Pharisees. Christ openly repudiated not a few of them, claiming them as nothing more than the commandments of men (Mark 7:7). He rejected, for example, the Pharisaic commandments when He healed on the Sabbath (Mark 3:1-6). - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library