
Acts Series: "The Pharisees"
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Wednesday, September 27, 2023
“Take heed and beware the teaching of the Pharisees.” (Matthew 16:6,12)
Imagine a flashing CAUTION sign on the highway. Take heed literally means to stare at or to attend to. Beware means to devote thought and effort to. The Bible doesn’t employ things we do to emphasize things. We underline or highlight. To give prominence to something written the Bible authors use repetition, especially repetition using synonyms. Jesus does this here: take heed and beware. This is a great emphasis in Jesus’ teaching. He said it several times. What are we to…
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