Clifton Hodges (@cliftonhodges)

"But you should not be called ‘𝗠𝘆 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗢𝗻𝗲’ {²³⁰} for there is only one Who is Great and you are all brothers." {²³⁰} Aramaic here does not mean “Rabbi” as in “teacher” per se, as in Matthew 28 Y’shua commands his disciples to teach the world. Instead, Y’shua is addressing the more literal meaning of “rab” which is “great” as shown in Genesis 6:5, “𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 *𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵* 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩.” The previous eight verses teach against elitist behavior, so “do not be called ‘𝘔𝘺 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘖𝘯𝘦’, for you have One that is Great, YHWH.” This is directed to the Rabbis (leaders) themselves, not to the followers. Certainly, this does not win popularity among the Rabbis. See ‘𝘙𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘩’ in Appendix in the AENT Bible. – 𝑀𝑎𝑡𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑤 23:8 𝐴𝐸𝑁𝑇 𝙲𝚙. 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝟷0:𝟻𝟷 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝟸0:𝟷𝟼. #matthew23 #mark10 #john20 #genesis6 #rabbi #rabboni #TextualStudy #bible #scriptures