23:2
Pilate caves to pressure from the crowd: Mark 15:15
23:3,6 True Justice is blind. There must be no favoritism - for or
against the poor.
23:4,5 "do good to those who hate you"
Luke 6:26-27
23:11 "that the poor may eat" - were the sabbath years synchronized
like the sabbath day? Maybe not.
23:13 "Do not mention the name of other gods."
Ephesians 5:12.
This would seem to prohibit even joking references, like "By Jove!"
23:14 Three national celebrations
23:18 Yeast is a type of sin. This is the passover sacrifice, the only
one yet instituted. By contrast, the Pentecost sacrifice must be leavened:
Leviticus 23:17
"Do not leave the fat until morning."
Exodus 12:10
23:19 "Do not cook a kid in its mother's milk" - compare
Exodus 22:30
23:20 "I am sending an angel ... my Name is in Him." Most commentators
agree this is Christ - but the issue is hypothetical, as the promise
was retracted after the golden calf incident.
Exodus 33:3
