... means "something to be stared at." In other words, people who give just to be seen by other people, so that other people will think they're generous, are just putting on a show. Their giving was just a Broadway performance. The Pharisees were like Dion Sanders. When it came time to give it was "prime time." These Pharisees loved to put on piety parades. They had a "strut your stuff" spirituality. Jesus said about these Pharisees in Jn. 12:43, "...for they loved the praise of men more than the praise ...
... the Greek word which literally gives us the word "theater." It means literally, "something to be stared at." In other words, Jesus said, "You don't have to put on a show for anybody. You don't have to put on a Broadway performance." The Pharisees were just like Dion Sanders. When it came time to give or it came time to pray or it came time to fast, it was "prime-time". They had a "strut your stuff" spiritually. Jesus said about the Pharisees in John 12:43, "For they loved the approval of men rather than the ...
