Matthew Poole and continuators on Luke 11:43

43 Wo unto you Pharisees, for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

See the Notes on Mat. 23.6, 7. Their fault was not in their taking them, but in their affecting them, and in being Ambitious of them. God is the God of order, and we are bound to give honour, to whom Honour belongs, but Pride and Ambition are detestable Sins, especially in such as should be Teachers of Humility, and the Vanity of all things below.