Christ's Right to Leadership
Lapide. Matthew 23:8-12 But be not you called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all you are brothers.… I. He Himself, by Himself, teaches us, and leads us by the way of virtue to heavenly glory. All others teach as they have been first taught by Him. II. All others only teach in words that sound in the outward ears, like a tinkling cymbal; but Christ makes known their meaning inwardly to the mind. III. All others only show what the law commands and what God requires; but Christ gives grace to the will, that we, when we hear the things which ought to be done, may indeed constantly fulfil the same. (Lapide.) Parallel Verses KJV: But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. WEB: But don't you be called 'Rabbi,' for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.