1 tn Or “seats of honor.” The term here is plural and is not a reference only to the lead “seat of Moses” in the synagogue, but includes the front seats near the ark.
2 sn See the note on synagogues in 4:15.
3 tn Grk “and the greetings.”
sn The later Jewish summary of oral tradition, the Talmud, notes elaborate greetings for rabbis. The rebuke here is for pride.
4 tn This term, δοχή (doch), is a third term for a meal (see v. 12) that could also be translated “banquet, feast.”
5 sn Normally the term means crippled as a result of being maimed or mutilated (L&N 23.177).
6 tn Here “and” has been supplied between the last two elements in the series in keeping with English style.
7 sn This list of needy is like Luke 7:22. See Deut 14:28-29; 16:11-14; 26:11-13.
