Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers (ofeiv gennhmata exidnwn). These blistering words come as a climax and remind one of the Baptist (Matthew 3:17) and of the time when the Pharisees accused Jesus of being in league with Beelzebub (Matthew 12:34). They cut to the bone like whip-cords.
How shall ye escape (pwv fughte). Deliberate subjunctive. There is a curse in the Talmud somewhat like this: "Woe to the house of Annas! Woe to their serpent-like hissings."
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 23:33:
Matthew 3:7
Acts 7:52
Acts 28:3
Galatians 5:22
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