Discovery BoxLuke 11:43 
Context11:43 Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats 1 in the synagogues 2 and elaborate greetings 3 in the marketplaces!
Luke 20:46
Context20:46 “Beware 4 of the experts in the law. 5 They 6 like walking around in long robes, and they love elaborate greetings 7 in the marketplaces and the best seats 8 in the synagogues 9 and the places of honor at banquets.
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 Or “Be on guard against.” This is a present imperative and indicates that pride is something to constantly be on the watch against.
5 tn Or “of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.
6 tn Grk “who,” continuing the sentence begun by the prior phrase.
7 sn There is later Jewish material in the Talmud that spells out such greetings in detail. See D. L. Bock, Luke (BECNT), 2:1642; H. Windisch, TDNT 1:498.
8 sn See Luke 14:1-14.
