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The Pulpit Commentary — Matthew — Volume 1
Arthur Lukyn Williams [1853-1943] · 499,653 words · 546 reading sections
The Pulpit Commentary — Matthew — Volume 1 — Section 1
THE PULPIT COMMENTARY, EDITED IlY THE VERY REV. H. D. M. SPENCE, D.D., DEAN OP GLOUCESTER; AND BY THE REV. JOSEPH S, EXELL, M.A. WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY THE VERY REV. F. W. FARRAR, D.D., F.R.S., DEAN OF CANTERBURY. RIGHT REV. H. COTTERILL, D.D., F.R.S.E. VERY REV. PRINCIPAL J. TULLOCH, D.D. REV. CANON G. RAW…
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(oh. xii. 25-45); (e) parables of the kingdom (eh. xiii. 1-52); (/) dis- oipleship-espeoially humility, sympathy, and responsibility ( oh. xviii.); (g) parables (oh. xxi. 28-xxii.14); (h) woes on the Pharisees (oh. xxiii.); (i) the ooming of the end (oh. xxiv., xxv.). Obeerve: First, that five of these, viz. a, b, e, …
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Most of these marks of an eye-witnees give us no further help towa.rds disoovering the original narrator than by showing us that he must have been among the twelve, but acoording to two of them he must have been among those three, viz. Pete:r, James, and John, who were with our Lord both in Jairus' house (Mark v. 37; L…
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word is used of the Old Testament Scriptures in Rom. iii. 2, without any hint of limitation to sayings, and a.gain in the same way in Heh. v. 12, where such a limitation is excluded by the author of that epistle eliciting the Divine teaohing quite &s muoh from the history as from the direct precepts of the Old Test…
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observed the order of the collection of Dieooursee if he bad known of euoh a oollection. § 7. So far the examination of the theory that a. oolleotion of Discourses existed before the writing of the First Goepel ha.a proved only negative. There are, however, two reasons in favour of such a theory. (l) It seems much…
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oral, not documentary, tr&nfllllission. The frequent minuteness and unim- portanoe, as one would sa.y, of the differenoes are often almost inexplicable on the supposition that the evangelists had written doouments before them which they altered. It might be the oase in one or two plaoes, but that they should make s…
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no indication whatever that he stood in a.ny oloee relation to the Lord, muoh lees that he wa.s one of the apostolic band who travelled with him, sharing his privations, seeing his miracles, and hearing his private teaching. Internal evidence does not absolutely contra.diet the supposition that the author is St. Matthe…
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Language,' eto., p. 816, edit. 1888. • E.g. eh. vi. 16; xxi. 41. It is true that these are not absolutely conolll8:ive, for paronomasia in one language may sometimes be repeated in another, and translators occasionally even make them where they do not ooour in the original (Eph. ii. 9, 10; J as. i. 6, Authorized Versi…
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lrenmus ( circa A,D, 180): "Now Matthew among the Hebrews published o. writing of the Gospel ,in their own language, while Peter and Paul were preaching the gospel in Rome and founding the Church." 1 Origen ( circa A,D. 230) : "Having learned by tradition concerning the four Gospels, which a.re a.lone indisputable in …
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Ephraem the Syrian ( oirca A.D. 360) tells 118, "Matthew wrote the Gospel in Hebrew, and it was afterwards translated into Greek." 1 Cyril of Jerusalem ( oiroa A.D. 370) says, "Matthew, who wrote the Gospel, wrote it in the Hebrew tongue." • Two witnesses, however, give much more detailed accounts. Epiphanius ( ci…
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the author of it, but they knew also that there wae a Hebrew Goapel in existence, and that thie WM, rightly ~r wrongly, re-ported to be written by St. Matthew. They 8.l!l!umed the accuracy of the report, and'suppo11ed that it must have been the original form of the Firet Goepel. But their a&mmption wu mieta.ken. If…
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the Third, appears olearly to belong to an earlier type of teaohing than the Fourth Gospel,1 and as modern criticism is gradually showing that this oannot be placed much, if at all, later than A,D. 100, and may, perhaps, be ten or fifteen years earlier, the synoptic Gospels cannot be put muoh later than A,D. 75. The h…
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apon which they were spoken. Later on, however, perhaps about A.D. 65, he realized that there wa.s a le.rge and increasing number of Jewish believers in Jesus of Nazareth who did not spee.k Are.maio, but Greek a.lone, and with whom a good many Gentile Christiane commonly associated, and that it lay in his power to dra…
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Thie conception of the kingdom of God, though it might be more or less altered under different circumetauces, continued to exist in Jewish circles during the period between the la.,t of the prophets and the coming of Jesus,1 and also afterwards. The etmly of the prophets could cause no lees; and the ideal of the ki…
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pope for an eoclesiastioal and e.n emperor for a civil head, but by one God- Man, who oonta.ins in himself the source of all authority, alike oivil and spiritual (of., perhaps, Zech. vi. 13 and Ps. ox.). The kingdom of God is a much grander oonoeption, because wider, than that of the Church, 1 harder far for us to gras…
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GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEvV. EXPOSITION. CHAPTER I. written read also the Old Testament in Greek, and so were in no confusion. The Vers.1-17.-JESUS THE CHRIST BY HOMAN first verse of tbe Go3JJel is doubtless in- ANCESTRY, (Parallel passage: Luke iii. tended as a preface tc what is contained in 23-38.) vcrs. 2-…
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lllnry, of whom was born Jesus." ludaa Version). Thl\t this was Rl\hab of Jericho (Judah, ReYised V~rsion) o.nd hia brethren. hns been generally received, nnd it is clear '.rhe ndclition of these words seems very from the nnrratirn iu Josh. ii. 11, whorn nntnral her<', Lecau8e the twelve sons of Rahab declares," The…
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mother. Up to tliis point the genealogies thus a verso he omitted in some very eculy in St. Matthew and St. Luke have entirely tcict. Then Jchoiachin (Jechonins) appa- necorded, but with the mention of Solomon rently had no brethren (but see 1 Ohron. iii. we come upon a vnriation, which continncs 16), whereas Jehoiakim…
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tie!. The~o are nll the details we h~Ye, it may be that Jo.cob died without children, and lo decide on bow they are related to and Heli, 1110.rryinq hie widow according to each other ie ,•ery difficult. We mny, per- the Jewish usage, llrcame by her the fo.ther haps, be right in supposing the,t Pedaie.h, of Joseph, wh…
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the name wne nagmentod when given to the BUggcsted by God. Joseph at onco ac~cpte fa moue successor of Moses, sceN um b. xiii. Hi.) the communication e.nd takes Mary l101ne, Who ii oe.lled Christ. The evnngelist here avoiding, however, a.II co.use for tl ,e su pp<Jsi- a.Hudes merely to the well-known fact thnt Jesus we…
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themselves: (I) wbeth<'r nv.vµm •A-y,ov is HolyGhost" (nv•iiµa" A-y,ov) theroapp11rcntlyl here need inn etrictly Christ;nn or in a pre- connoting an outpouring of life; "the Christinn sen8c? and (2) if the latter, what power of the lllost lligh" (B6v1t1us ~fla·.-ou),I 'l'l"ns this prc-Christi1rn sense? As to (1), it…
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the Le.w, which he was striving to follow, the true circumstances, fo urge him to tnki; eoemed to inculcate harshness. 'l'his cle.nee Mary, the.t so the promiso might be full,1 has been to.lrnn in tho opposite sense equivB• carried out in hie family and no otl,e,r lent to" cmd therefore not wishing," because Fear not…
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iherefore, tlinn that which M11no11h's wife might easily be a. sign to All(\z • but then was told Urnt her Bon shonld begin to accom- how is it that St. Mntthew, or' rath~r th~ plish (Jmlg. xiii. 5). Observe that this angel, Rpparcutly lo.ye so muoh stress 011 promise of Christ I\S Saviour is given to "virgiu "? The o.…
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-taldny Mrn·11, not conmmmaling the mar- flrstborn Bon. Thus the angel'• promis8 is riaye, naming !he chilcl in faith. so far fulfiller!. A son (Reviser\ Versir,1>); "her firslborn," though founrl as earlj• a• Ver. 24.-Then Joseph boing re.ised; Tatian's 'Diates1 .,' having &cen a<lclerl frr,m and Joseph a!'oae (Revi…
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the Son of Ahra11nm." In him was fulfilled the promise mnde to Abrahnm: "In thy Seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed." In him was fulfilled tho faithful oath which the Lord had sworn to David: "Of the fruit of thy body will I sot upon thy throne." The book gives us the history of a Person. Christianity…
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repent,ed God thnt be bnd made man upon earth; the Flood destroyed the 1rn"odly. 0 'l'licn God ostnblishcd hie covenant, first with Noah, afterwards with Abraham, The promise became clearer nod more definite. The generations had descended from God. now they begin to ascend towards Goel again, towards the Christ, who…
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hum:m ancestors. His birth was miraculous; but on his mother's side he ea.me uut of J u~ah, Judah from Abraham, Abraham from Adam. He represents huma,n nature; he is bone of our bone, and flesh of our flesh ; be was made in all thinas like unto ns yet without sin. 7. The genealogy shows his Divine birth; for" Jacob b…
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the greatest fnct in the world's history; the miracle of miracles, in the train of which lesser miracles must of necessity follow. '!'he lncarnati,,n is a truth above words, nbove the reach of human thought; it calls upon us, not for rhetorical description, but for adoration and thanksgiving. "The Spirit of God had mov…
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men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." faniah is often c:i.lled the evang~licnl prophet; in his prophecy we have the fore~hadowing of tho gospel, the good tidings of salvation; bis very name points to the Saviour; it is "Jesus" with tho elements reversed, it means" the salvation of Jeliovah." 'l'hs …
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peoplo from their ains," the angel said. Thie wrtS thE m<"aning, the transln.tion of t!.o name. "Ho himself shall savo bi3 people," the Greek vrord means-himself by his own ·power, Tho first Joshua savccl the Israelites by the help of God; the second Joshua iij himself God, therefore he himself is "able to save even …
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Ver. 21.-T!,e name "Jesus." " Jesus" was the p!)rsonal name of our Lord, the Greek equivalent of the old Jewish name "Joshua," and not unknown in Hebrew families. Therefore to bis contemporaries it would not have the unique associations that it has for us. It would be merely the designation of an individual. But eve…
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Ver. 19.-Suggestions of just ways of cove,-ing sin. The contents of this verse and the following are, so far as they go, corrobomting evidence of tho supernatural ori~in and superhucan incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ. For if these things be not the truth respecting him, then will these verses also have to rauk amo…
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• Ver. 23,-The Name, the burden of prophecy. Introduction, Though in the order of the historic narrative this name or prophecy, "Immanuel," comes second on this page, yet had it already found its place on the page of ages ago. It is the Name by which the prophet hnd long ago declared forcibly the dignity of the Christ-…
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ripe for the birth of Christ thore wM no lack. The world had done as much as it was ever likely to do withcut the new influences Christ bronght into it. No government had cwr more et command for the regeneration of tho world than Ilome bad. If e11lightened policy, bold slatesman:;hip, ext~nsive dominion, could have …
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l neither Hebrew nor Gentile influences e.ccount forJesus, and by Ehowing the originality of the che.re.cter end plan of Jesus, hie sinlessness, his authority, his self-assertion. II. 'l'IIE TRUE HUMANITY OF Jl!:sus. The Son of God did not come e.nd assume for I\ year or two the appearance of a man in his prime. He …
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of 1mrpassing excellence. In the whole human family there is no one to compare with him, per~onally, officially, relatively. (2) These titks indicate him to be the" Seed" promi~ed in the covenant, 1md the Seed to whom alsc, the blessir.gs of the covenant arc promised. God made his coven11nt "unto Abraham and his See…
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not only that of the Law, but thnt o.lso of the material world. Jesus, in his incarna- tion, became "the Be~inning of the [new] creation of God." He is " the Firstborn or every creature," viz. the Head and Archety1"" of that new creation which is to consist of those who are "born o.gain" of him.-J. A. M. Vera. 18-26.-…
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f,i<lence of Elisabeth in its full force. The whole was confirmed by the correspond- ence of prophetic limes, which hnd now a.,va.kened a general expectation. (3) The sequel proved that Joseph was not misled. (a) He had the" sign" that Mary should "bring forth a Son." God a.lone could certainly forecast this. (b) 'l…
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n.nceetry. Show that there ie thie common interest in JeSl:e, and it is fully met, and met in euch a way ae to secure 11 supreme interest in him. II. 'l'llE BACDED 1111ss10N OF GENEALOGIES, They become proofs of the Messiahship of Jesus. Prophecy fixed one condition, Messiah would belong to the royal house of David. N…
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both foreigners, and worse thnn wilfulness in David's marrying Bathsheba, Such wilfulness we might expect would thwart the Divine purpose for the race; but instend, it ,Yas onrruled. Gcd's thought ca.unot be frustrated, If man resists, ho will simply be borne along on the current of God's outworking purpose. II. GoD L…
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the operations of his Spirit. So the mysterious putting forth of Divine power ir. the case of Mary is properly presented as the working of the Holy Ghost. J. GOD WORKING IN THE MINDS 01!' MEN 18 TUE UNIVERSAL TRUTH Oi' THE HOLY GHOST, 'l'his belongs exclusively to no one age, to no one dispensation, to no one race. To…
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Ver. 21.-A mission revealed in a twofold Name. The fact confronts ue, and sets -us upon earnest inquiry, that one name was prophesied for Messiah, and another name W!I.S gi1ccn to him when he came. He was to be called "Immanuel," and he was called "Jesus." Now, are we to understand that these are two names, and that M…
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EXPOSITION. list's mind, the typical character of the treat- CHAPTER IL ment received cannot but have forced itself JESUS THE CHllll$T BY ms EARLY HISTORY upon him, writing 11s he <.lid at a time when answering to the word of God by the pro• the contrast between the Lo,d's rejection by phets. Thi.a is shown by four …
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woulu give the impression the.t Josoph had (Rheims). On this word see cspccinlly hnd no prc,ious connexion with Nazareth. Schrader (' Cuneiform Inscriptions and the But about the pince where Joseph and l\Inry Old Testnment ') on Jcr. xxxix. 3. He con- lin,d b,,forc the birth of Jesus the crnngc- siders it to be in o…
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'O Jew, loose thy oxen, nnd loose tb.y alone expected thie king, and that accord ploughs, for, behohl, the temple is l!Lid ing to the more literal interpretation of the wnete I' The ox bclloworl tho second time; Jewish propheciee the homage of the world the Arabiim eo.ith to him, • 0 Jew, Jew, would be rendered to him …
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the fnlse Messiah of the second century ap- t.oo well jnatiffcd by experience, thnt the plying the term to himself-" Barcocho.b." news would excite Herod to fresh crimes. (2J They had learned, by intercourse with It is also possible that mnny would shrink ,Tews (cf. the influence of the Jewish Sibyl- from the change…
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of 1uda: for out of thee shall eome a they were only reproducing the result the.t Oovemor, th&t shall rule my people Iaro.el; they bad arrived at, they would care for and thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, art in only the substance of the prophet's teaching no wise least among the prince, of Judah: ( cf. the paraphrasti…
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Revised Version; 1!...-&rra,-, lucp,/36ir ..-,pL transle.tore in this cneo follO\ved the text of Herod bade them mllke precise inquiry I\B the Oomplutensian (1514) 1md of Colinmus' to all particulRrs Rbout the Child. The edition (1534), rejecting the false elipov of the more deteils ho could obtain, the more easily …
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• , . (1/'f'<iv} hints that Herod's e.ction will to Messiah In Ta.Im. Bab., 'Suocah,' 52 a 'be the reeult of no momentary emotion, but in the late Midre.sh 'Tillim,' in loo., which -0f premeditation. The young Child to de- traces" the decree" there spoken of through 1troy him. Tho final motive ('f'aii l,,11071.friz,) …
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districts legally belonging to the oity, but statement of the present text of Genesis and the neighbourhood generally. From two by tradition, which may be trnced at least ns years old and under, aocording to the time far back as A.D. 333, and is nccepted by J ew11i which he had diligently inquired (ver. 7, Christian…
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83. 8; ii. 7. 8). Joseph's fear of Arcbelaus connection than that implied by 1va.. a quite corresponds to the character given of might be falfilled whioh was spoken by the him by the Jewish 11mbaasadora before prophets, He shall be oalled (Revised Augustus. "He seemed to be afraid lest Version, that he ahould be cal…
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1he Jem (1) connected this name closely Zech. iii. 8; (2) the fulRlment consists, not with Jesus the Nazarene just before men- in carrying out a definite statement to its .ioned, and (2) saw a connexion between it logical issue in history, but in the existenoe and "the Branch" of ha. xi. 1. True that of e. strange c…
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vast universe awaken thought and stimulate research, but every truth, pursued as far os linan can reach, results in mystery. The wider, the more accurate, our knowled"e the deeper will be our consciousness of our own ignorance. That sense of ignoran~: thoso insoluble mysteries, should lift up the heart to God. Reverenc…
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h<m1age of the heart., the reverential submission of the whole being, adoration full of wondering awe, full of grateful love. It is the occupation of heaven: • They rest not day o.nd night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which we.s, and is, and is to come." ,ve must learn to worship here; it is the tra…
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the preacher does not feel the saving power of the words which, by the grace of God, bring life to the listener. 'l'he deepest, the most accurate knowledge of the letter ot Scripture is a very poor thing compared with that inner knowledge of the heart, which may be granted to the ignorant as well as to the learned; …
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Vers. 13-23.-The Lorrrs infancy. I. THE FLIGHT DITO EoYPT. 1. The dream· of Joseph. The visit of the Wise Men, with their adoring worship and their .costly gifts,, is followed by persecution and distress. The opening life of the Lord exhibits those· vicissitudes which were to occur again and again in the history of …
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Ruler of hie people Israel. Very awful wickeclness; but yet differing only in degree from the guilt of those who, professing to believe in Clrist, oppress his poor, or for their own selfish ends oppose the work and progress of hie Church. 'fhe Bible is a very precious talent entrusted to us by God; but the knowledge of…
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succeeded bis father in Judma. His character was well known; he was like hie father, cruel and suspicious. Joseph foored for the holy Child. (2) His dream. Again (so the Greek word seems to suggest) be sought counsel of God; again, for the fourth time now, God answered him in a dream. We mark Joseph's untiring watch…
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the need was great, and H was simply the need of man that brought Christ into the world. II. TIIERE 18 ROOM 11'011. ANOTHER KING BESIDES THE EARTHLY RULEB., Herod was still reigning, and yet the Christ came to set up bis kingdom. The sovereign at Jerusalem naturally suspected the new-born King to be a rival to bis thr…
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(If the aoul.8 ofy011ng children, which ln the aight of God is more tffllel and deadly than the killing of their bodier_ When fair young lives are blighted and innocent charactera stained by vicious example&, a fate worse than death haa overtaken them, and those who exercised the bal.efol influence have a very heavy…
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