PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Expositor's Greek Testament — Volume 4
Nicoll, W. Robertson (editor), 1851-1923 · 324,655 words · 525 reading sections
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Ver. 6. ἠτιμάσατε: Cf., though in an entirely different connection, Sir. X. 23, οὐ δίκαιον ἀτιμάσαι πτωχὸν συνε- τόν (δίκαιον is absent in the Hebrew); 6—7. a [ο 3 t , . ee τ καταδυναστεύουσιν ὑμῶν,ὶ καὶ αὐτοὶ" "ἕλκουσιν ὑμᾶς εἰς “κριτήρια ; τ Wisd. ii. 7. οὐκ 3. αὐτοὶ "βλασφημοῦσιν τὸ καλὸν “ ὄνομα τὸ ἐπικληθὲν…
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have: ompby ο 91 vise which the R.V. renders (incorrectly) : ‘‘which are called by my name,” it should be: ‘‘Over whom my name was called,” as rendered by the Septuagint, excepting that it repeats itself unneces- sarily, ἐφ᾽ οὓς ἐπικέκληται τὸ ὄνομά pov ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς. The Peshitta, too, has, SAPS T NIM NOW so that…
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to God, not (in the first instance) to Christ; the Peshitta reads: ‘‘ the law of ἀοά”.- τελεῖτε: in Rom. ii. 27 we have the phrase νόμον τελεῖτε.--τὴν γραφήν: cf. τ Cor xv. 3 κατὰ τὰς γραφάς. On a papyrus belonging to the beginning of the Christian era, the phrase κατὰ THY γραφήν is used in a legal sense in ref…
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441 1Ο. ὅστις yap? ὅλον τὸν νόμον ἠση.3 a iii. 2; 2 γαρ μον τηρηση, Pet. πος ude 24. b Matt. v. Οι- I9. μ c Mark iii. 29; Gal. lil. 10. 11. 6 γὰρ εἰπών 5: εἰ δὲ οὐ ὃ 12. οὕτως λαλεῖτε καὶ οὕτως ποιεῖτε ὡς διὰ νόµου " ἐλευθερίας μέλλοντες κρίνε- d—d Quoted 1Qui ff. 2 Autem Vulg. from Exod, xx. 13, 14; c…
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Ver. 12. οὕτως λαλεῖτε καὶ οὕτως ποιεῖτε: When one thinks of 442 ftjob ΄ σθαι 12. ἡ xxii. 6-11; yap! κρίσις ἀνέλεος 2 τῷ μὴ ποιήσαντι ἔλεος ὅ" Prov. xxi. " κατακαυχᾶται * ἔλεος 5 κρίσεως.ἦ 13; Ezek. XXXV. 11; Matt. v. 7, vi. 15, XViii. 29, h 1 Cor, xv. 32. 1 Autem ff. 2 avidews L, a, Chrys., Thl., rec., n…
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Hebrew ΓΝ (“truth”), while in xlv. 4, xlvi. 15 it corresponds to ΓΔ ; in the sense of “ reliability”. In ἘΝ xxxvil. 26 the Greek is obviously corrupt, . πίστις stands there for the Hebrew “TV (“glory”), which is clearly more correct. But the most interesting pas- sage on the subject in Sir. from our present poi…
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444 k Luke iii, ἀδελφὸς ἢ ἀδελφὴ γυμνοὶ * στ ο]. It, ὑπάρχωσιν καὶ λειπόμενοι: τῆς ἐφη- cy. a a - Lev. xxv. µέρου τροφῆς, 16. ᾿εἴπῃ δέ τις! αὐτοῖς ἐξ ὑμῶν: ὑπάγετε ἐν 351 Job Jo XXli. 6, ΧΧΧΙ. 10, 20. I—1 1 John iii. 17, 18. 1 Add ωσιν ALP, m, Thl., Oec., rec. aru NO. 3 καὶ ειπη A, 13, a. ‘commandments,’ …
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16---1ο. 445 εἰρήνῃ, θερµαίνεσθε καὶ χορτάζεσθε, μὴ δῶτε δὲ αὐτοῖς 2 τὰ ἐπι- 1-11 John ili, 17, 18. la “ε τήδεια ὃ τοῦ σώματος, τί τὸ" ὄφελος :' 17. οὕτως καὶ ἡ πίστις, m Rom. ix. 5 ἐὰν μὴ ἔχῃ ἔργα,“ νεκρά ἐστιν καθ ἑαυτήν. 6 3 a . 19. 18. ἀλλ᾽ ἐρεῖ "τις ° niii. 13. Gal. v. 6 AY , > 7 a ο σὺ πίστιν ἔχεις, …
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ate aD) in the original is very pointed, the reason being the desire to emphasise the name of Jahwe as the God of Israel (note the omission of the article before Κύριος) ; it sounded a particularistic note. The elimination of Κύριος in the verse: 446 a κ αχ Όοτ.χ. ποιεῖς " καὶ τὰ “ δαιμόνια " πιστεύουσιν καὶ φρ…
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of demons comprised the O° YW (‘‘ hairy ones”), in reference to these the word φρίσσουσιν would be extremely appropriate (see further, on Jewish beliefs concerning demons, the writer’s articles in the Expositor, April, June, August, 1907). Ver. 20. The words of this and the following verses, to the end of ver. …
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Ver. 22. βλέπεις ...: as these words are the deduction drawn from what precedes, it is better to take them in the form of a statement, and not as interrogative.—q πίστις συν ήρ yeu: this implies a certain modification, with regard to πίστις, of the earlier position taken up by the writer, for in ver. 21 he says…
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y—y Quoted from Gen. xv. 1: ἔργων “i πίστις ἐτελειώθη, 23. καὶ ἐπληρώθη ἡ "γραφὴ ἡ ᾽Αβραὰμ τῷ Θεῷ,8 καὶ ἐλογί- 24. 6; cf. τ Macc. ii. 52; Rom. iv. 3; Gal. iii. 6” 2 Om. δε L, latt. (hab 5). 4 δουλος 69. cepts of the Torah; the man who has acquired sufficient merit is in a state of Zecith, 1.ε., in that state …
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449 9 A 3, “- ὁρᾶτε ὅτι] ἐξ ἔργων "δικαιοῦται ἄνθρωπος καὶ οὐκ ἐκ πίστεως μόνον." a—a Heb. ς ε « 3 3 3 χι. 93) 25. ὁμοίως ὃ δὲ 4 καὶ " Ῥαὰβ ἡ πόρνη οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων ° ἐδικαιώθη» b—b Josh. ὑποδεξαμένη τοὺς ἀγγέλους ὅ καὶ ἑτέρᾳ ὃ ὁδῷ ἐκβαλοῦσα Τ ” ; ὥσπερ γὰρ ὃ τὸ σῶμα " χωρὶς πνεύματος νεκρόν ἐστιν, οὕτως καὶ 9 ἡ πί…
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29 450 ἢ. το. ὅτι μεῖζον κρί ό 1 ΤΟΥ μεῖζον κρίμα λημψόμεθα. Sir. xiv. I, X1X..216, a neues A xxv. 8, αἀγωγῆσαι καὶ ὅλον τὸ σῶμα. XxXxvi. 18. 2. πολλὰ γὰρ 3 πταίομεν " ἅπαντες " ” “ei τις ἐν λόγῳ οὐ πταίει, Ἡ οὗτος" “τέλειος ἀνήρ," δυνατὸς ΄χαλιν- 3. εἰ δὲ ὃ τῶν ἵππων τοὺς 5 χαλινοὺς d Matt. xii.€ls τὰ στόμ…
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Ver. 3. εἰ δὲ: this is the best at- tested reading, but see Mayor’s admirable note in favour of the reading ἴδε yap.— τῶν ἵππων: “The genitive is here put in an emphatic place to mark the comparison. It belongs both to χαλινούς and to στόματα, probably more to the former as distinguishing it from the human brid…
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Ver. 6. See critical note above for suggested differences in punctuation.— 452 πι Matt. χν. κόσμος τῆς ἀδικίας, 11, 18, 19; ἡ γλῶσσα καθίσταται ἐν τοῖς μέλεσιν ἡμῶν, cf. xii. 36, ἡ 2" σπιλοῦσα ὅλον τὸ σῶμα καὶ φλογίζουσα τὸν " τροχὸν τῆς γενέ- 37; Jude 23. - n Ps, Ixxvii, 18 (Heb.); Eccles. xii. 6. i Add ουτω…
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tuted”. Mayor says: ‘‘It is opposed to ὑπάρχω, because it implies a sort ot adaptation or development as contrasted with the natural or original state; to γίγνομαι, because it implies something of fixity”’.—h σπιλοῦσα: σπίλος means a ‘‘Sstain,” cf. Jude 23.—o doy t- Covoa: am. Xey. in N.T., cf. Wisd. iii. 2δ.--…
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* To be distinguished from the “‘Abinu Malkénu” portion of the Jewish Liturgy, dition had imputed to Solomon: ἐλάλησε περὶ TOV κτηνῶν καὶ περὶ τῶν πετεινῶν καὶ περὶ τῶν ἑρπετῶν καὶ περὶ τῶν ἰχθύων (x Kings iv. 33), cf. Gen. i. 26 (i. 27 is quoted in the next verse) ; Deut. iv. 17, 18; Acts x. 12. Ver. ο. ἐν αὐτ…
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a2 a > A , 3 3 , a κ τοῦ αὐτοῦ στόματος ἐξέρχεται εὐλογία Kat οὐ χρή, ἀδελφοί μου, ταῦτα οὕτως γενέσθαι. 11. μήτι tHeb. xi. ἡ πηγὴ ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς ' ὀπῆς βρύει τὸ γλυκὺ καὶ τὸ πικρόν ; 12. μὴ 38. ἁλυκὸν γλυκὺ ' ποιῆσαι ὕδωρ. u Gal. vi. 4. ν ii. 18. δύναται, ἀδελφοί μου, συκῆ ἐλαίας ποιῆσαι ἢ ἄμπελος σῦκα ; Ἰ οὔτε…
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Ver. 13. Τίς σοφὸς καὶ ἐπι- στήμων ἐν ὑμῖν: The writer’s appeal 10--τό. " ἀναστροφῆς τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ ἐν κι; ἡ σοφία " ἄνωθεν κατερχοµένη, ἀλλὰ ὃ ώδης: τό. ὅπου yap’ “ζῆλος καὶ a Gal. ν. 20. al bi. 17, iii. 17. ΧΙ, 13; 1 Cor, iii. 3. f Gal. ν. 2ο. 1 Add αρα AP, curss. Σπραὔτητι σοφίας. "ζῆλον oa ἔχετε καὶ " ἐ…
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Ver. 16, πᾶν φαῦλον πρᾶγμα: this sums up the matter; cf. John iti. 20, πᾶς yap ὁ φαῦλα πράσσων μισεῖ TO φῶς, and with this one might compare again the words in our Epistle, 1. 17, πᾶσα δόσις ἀγαθὴ ... ἄνωθέν ἐστιν καταβαῖνον ἀπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς τῶν φώτων. 456 ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ IM, τη απ We : Ν » a - a bia. καὶ πᾶν φαῦλον πρᾶ…
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457 θεν, ἐκ τῶν ἢ ἡδονῶν ὑμῶν "τῶν στρατευομένων ἐν τοῖς μέλεσιν ὑμῶν“; Ὁ iv. 3 2. ἐπιθυμεῖτε καὶ οὐκ ἔχετε - *govedere? καὶ "ζηλοῦτε, καὶ οὐ τι; 2 Pet. δύνασθε ἐπιτυχεῖν - μάχεσθε καὶ πολεμεῖτε. 1 Habebitis 7. cf. Rom. vi. 13. lic τα. οὐκ ἔχετε ὃ διὰ τὸ μὴ c—c Rom. vii. 23; I Pet. ii. τι; dv. 6. er Cor. xii.…
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Wy. 2, 3. ἐπιθυμεῖτε καὶ οὐκ ἔχετε. . .: It must be confessed that these verses are very difficult to under- stand; we have, on the one hand, lusting and coveting, murdering and fighting; and, on the other hand, praying. Mur- dering and fighting are the means used in order to obtain that which is coveted; yet i…
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Ver. 5. ἣ γραφὴ λέγει πρὸς φθόνον - - «: this attributing of person- ality to Scripture is paralleled, as Light- foot points out (Gal. iii. 8), by the not uncommon Jewish formula of reference ΓΜ MD “ Quid vidit”. According to Lightfoot the singular γραφὴ in the N.T. ‘‘always means a particular passage of Script…
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Ver. 6. μείζονα δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν: these words further emphasise the developed doctrine of the Spirit re- ferred to above; they point to the nature of divine grace, which is almost illimitable. These verses, 5, 6, witness in a striking way to the Christian doctrine of grace, and herein breathe a different spirit …
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Ιν. ap ὑμῶν 8. "ἐγγίσατε τῷ Θεῷ,2 καὶ t 6 ’ - < , A u [ή καναρισατε χειρας, ἁμαρτωλοί, και ἁγνίισατε t Isa. i. 16. u Jer. iv. 14; 1 Pet. i. 22° 3 D(omi)no s VulgF; ad dominum {; add et ipse ff. rEph. vi. τῷ "διαβόλῳ, καὶ φεύξεται 1 παντος κα Pet. v. 8, ἐγγίσει “ ὕμιν. 9. s 2 Chron. : xv. 2; Zech. i. 3; Luke …
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διψυχίας.--δίψυχοι: Cf. Hos. x. 2, 8—11. kapdias,! "δίψυχοι. 9. ταλαιπωρήσατε καὶ 461 ie! πε ἀετοῖς καὶ 4 vi. 18. κλαύσατεϑ- ὁ γέλως ὑμῶν εἰς πένθος µετατραπήτω καὶ ἡ χαρὰ ἃ Σ Wisd. ΤῊΝ εἰς “κατήφειαν. 10. Σταπεινώθητεῖ ἐνώπιον Κυρίου ὃ καὶ ὑψώσει γ rote ὑμᾶς. Ζ μοι ii. 11. Μὴ "καταλαλεῖτε ὃ ἀλλήλων, ἀδελφοί -…
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bx Macc. εἰ δὲ νόμον κρίνεις, οὐκ et! " ποιητὴς νόμου ἀλλὰ κριτής. 12. εἷς li. 67; > ο f 2 νὰ Pino) ie , a 23 / Rom. ii, ἐστιν “ νομοθέτης “ καὶ “ κριτής," ὁ δυνάμενος σῶσαι καὶ ἀπολέσαι * 13. 2 Ἷ ς Is, xxxiii. σὺ δὲ ἆ τίς εἶ, 6 κρίνων ὅ τὸν ἦ πλησίον © ; 22. : ἃ Matt. vii. 13. 5 Αγεῖ νῦν οἱ λέγοντες - ἢ σήμερον …
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Vv. 13-17 form an independent section entirely unconnected with what precedes or follows. The section is very interest- ing as giving a picture of the commercial Diaspora-Jew. The Jews of the Disper- sion had, from the outset, to give up agri- cultural pursuits ; since for the most part they congregated in the c…
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Ψετ.15. ἀντὶ τοῦ λέγειν ὑμᾶς: “A classical writer would rather have said δέον λέγειν or οἵτινες βέλτιον ἂν εἶπον ” (Μαγοτ). ---ἐὰν ὁ κύριος θε- λήσῃ: Cf. Berachoth, 17a, “It is re- vealed and known before Thee that our will is to do Thy will” (quoted by Taylor, 464 macs ἐὰν ὁ Κύριος Ἢ θελήσῃ, καὶ ζήσομεν 2 καὶ …
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αρήσεται πολλάς. With καλὸν ποιεῖν cf. Gal. vi. 9, τὸ δὲ καλὸν ποιοῦντες μὴ ἐνκακῶμεν.--ἁμαρτία αὐτῷ ἐστιν: for the converse of this, namely, doing what is wrong in ignorance—in which case it is excusable—see Acts iii. 17, “‘ And now, brethren, I wot that in ignor- ance ye did it, as did also your rulers” ; τ T…
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containing an adaptation of some words from the ‘“‘Sermon on the Mount”; 13-18 deals with the subject of the visita- tion of the sick in the early Church, while vv. 19, 20 bring the Epistle to an abrupt termination with a very pro- nounced utterance upon the Jewish doc- trine of works. Each of these sections is…
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essedness is coming for him; this is also frequently referred to in the Book of Enoch, ¢.g., xcvi. 1, ‘‘Be hopeful, ye righteous ; for suddenly will the sinners perish before you, and ye will have lord- ship over them according to your desires ; 3, Wherefore, fear not, ye that suffer; for healing will be your po…
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467 3. ὃ χρυσὸς ε Cf. ii. 2. { Bar.vi.12; ε A ‘a ο a, g , 1 WAY Sen > , ο ιν b ΠΟ. ὑμῶν “ και ο αργυρος “κατιωται, και ο LOS αυτων εἰς μαρτύριον υμιν Jo ΧΙ. 2 5 ϑίτιχι τας 1—1 κατιωται και o αργυρος ΑΖ, 13. makes use of the distinctively Jewish title for God, the “‘ Lord of Sabaoth”’. It is thus difficult to …
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Ver. 4. The use of the Hebraic pro- phetic perfects in this passage is another mark of Jewish authorship. 6 πλοῦτος ὑμῶν: this cannot refer to wealth in the abstract because this would be out of harmony with the rest of the verse which 468 h Cf, Prov. ἔσται 1 καὶ φάγεται 5 τὰς σάρκας ὑμῶν ὡς ὃ " πῦρ." Viz ᾿ἐθ…
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Ver.4. ἰδοὺ : this interjection, though good Attic, is used by some N.T. writers with a frequency which is unclassical, (Mayor) e.g., in this short Epistle it occurs six times, while on the other hand St. Paul uses it only nine times (once in a quota- tion) in the whole of his writings; its frequent occurrence i…
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*This is not biblical Hebrew, which would be ΓΙ (Isa. Ixvi. 11), or ΩΙ (Neh. ix. 25); 12 occurs in the Targums, but means there “to shout: for joy”’. Vv. tHos.i.6 6. κατεδικάσατε,ὶ ἐφονεύσατε τὸν δίκαιον”: οὐκ " ἀντιτάσσεται 47ο (Sept.). 3 u Luke xxi. ὑμῖν.ὃ 19; Heb. x. 36. νι Thess, , ii. 19. Κυρίου. Ww Ma…
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ἔρχου (= NI yor) indicated acros- tically a primitive hymn, which still ap- pears in all the Jewish prayer books, and is known from its opening words as ’En Kelohenu (“ There is none like our God”; see Singer’s The Authorised Daily Prayer - 6—9. 7 μακροθυμῶν ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ 1 ἕως” λάβη ὃ πρόϊμον” καὶ ὄψιμον. Υ 8. μακ…
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ὄψιμον: Cf. Deut. xi. 14, and often, wip omy ᾿ ; er. ὃ. στηρίξατε τὰς καρδί- ας: a Hebrew idiom, 5 WYO; in the O.T. mostly of strengthening the body with food—nh παρουσία τοῦ Κυρίου ἤγγικεν: see above; cf. Matt. iii. 2; Luke xxi. 28; Phil. iv. 6; Huet, αγ. ης τ Cor. xv. 52 5,0 Dhess.av. 15; 1 Johni. 18, Ver.g…
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Ver. 12. Πρὸ πάντων. The most natural way of understanding these words would be to take them in connec- tion with something that immediately preceded, but as there is not the remotest connection between this verse and the section that has gone just before, this is im- possible here ; the verse must be regarded …
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ἐμβιώσεως. In regard to the practice of primitive Christianity in the matter of caring for the sick Harnack says: ‘‘ Even from the fragments of our extant litera- ture, although that literature was not written with any such intention, we can still recognise the careful attention paid to works of mercy. At the ou…
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“ προσευχὴ P, curss. Wea Ν - 15. καὶ ἡ εὐχὴ 2 τῆς νεα ᾿ σώσει τὸν κάμνοντα, καὶ 8, ἐγερεῖ αὐτὸν ὁ Κύριος: κἂν ἁμαρτίας ἢ ὃ “ πεποιηκώς, ἀφεθήσεται * w 15. xxxiii. 24; Mark ii. 5; Luke v. 20; cf.1 Jn. v. 16. WH place it in brackets. 4 αφεθησονται P, 7. veloped organisation among the com- munities of the Diaspo…
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4/5 16. 3 ἐξομολογεῖσθε οὖν 1 ἀλλήλοις τὰς ἁμαρτίας,” καὶ προσ- x Sir. iv. 26. y Matt. κι, πολὺ ἰσχύει δέησις δικαίου 15; Luke iv. 18; * ἐνεργουμένη. 17. " Ἡλείας ὅ ἄνθρωπος ἦν ὁμοιοπαθὴς ἡμῖν, καὶ Heb. xii. A μι ᾧ N inl lol 13. . προσευχῇ ” προσηύξατο τοῦ μὴ βρέξαι, καὶ οὐκ ἔβρεξεν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς zz Cor.i.6; aA “…
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Ver. 17. Ἡλείας : Elijah plays an immense part in the later Jewish litera- ture, see Hamburger, of. cit., article “ ἘΠ145᾽. With his mention here cf. Sir. xlviii. τβ.- προσευχῇ προσηύ- ξατο: Hebraism cf. Luke xxii. 15; John iii. 29, etc., etc. Ver. 18. With this and the preceding * This word is sometimes used a…
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