According to Jesus, the scribes and Pharisees occupy Moses’ seat” (Matt. 23:2), having the authority and ability to interpret the law of Moses correctly; here “seat” is both a metaphor for judicial authority AND also a reference to a LITERAL stone seat in the front of many synagogues that would be occupied by an authoritative teacher of the law.
“Well of course it’s a metaphor...Did you think Jesus was speaking of a polished mahogany, gold inlaid throne that the Pharisees passed from generation to generation like your religion does???
The ‘seat’ was wherever Moses sat down (or stood) to teach and judge the Tribes of Israel...
And it can be found all over the OT”...
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Hi, thanks for replying.
You’re denying there is a “literal” seat of Moses back
then in the synogogue. You exaggerate saying “throne”,
actually, there was a real seat.
The metaphor, the description of Moses’ authority is in Exodus but not the literal.
Partly true - But Yeshua said *not* to follow the Pharisees... Not to DO as they DO, their Ma'asim and Takanot... Their !!TRADITIONS!! which they had bolted on to Moses. So their authority was limited to what was already written. He was hedging them in with Moses just as they tried to hedge in Moses with their additions. So the only way to read the passage is to assume that Yeshua said the Pharisees DO sit in the seat of Moses and have the authority of Moses, so do as MOSES said - which is the inference.
Hence, any claim to authority is limited to what is written.