[4304] St. Luke xii. 1-12.
[4305] St. Matt. x.
[4306] With St. Luke xii. 2-9, comp. St. Matt. x. 26-33; with St. Luke xii. 10, comp. St. Matt. xii. 31, 32; and with St. Luke xii. 11, 12, comp. St. Matt. x. 18-20.
[4307] I prefer this rendering to that which connects the word first' as a mark of time with the previous words.
[4308] Wünsche goes too far in saying that {hebrew} and {hebrew} are only used in the sense of flattering. See Levy, sub verb.
[4309] The Peshito paraphrases it.
[4310] St. Luke xii. 2.
[4311] Thus, and not for,' as in the A.V.
[4312] St. Luke seems to use tameon in that sense (here and in ver. 24), St. Matthew in the sense of inner chamber' (St. Matt. vi. 6; xxiv. 26). In the LXX. it is used chiefly in the latter sense; in the Apocr. once in the sense of inner chamber' (Tob. vii. 16), and once in that of storeroom' (Ecclus. xxix. 12).
[4313] ver. 4.
[4314] vv. 6, 7.
[4315] vv. 8-10.
[4316] vv. 11, 12.
[4317] St. Matt. x.
[4318] St. Matt. x. 18-20.
[4319] St. Matt. x. 21-25.
[4320] St. Luke xii. 10, comp. with St. Matt. xii. 31, 32.
[4321] Concerning the foolish rich man.
[4322] St. Luke xii. 16-21.
[4323] St. Luke xii. 22-34.
[4324] St. Luke xii. 32.
[4325] St. Matt. vi. 25-33.
[4326] St. Luke xii. 29.
[4327] Comp. Jer. xiv. 5.
[4328] The word occurs in that sense twenty-five times in the LXX. of the old Testament (four times as a noun, thirteen as an adjective, eight as a verb), and seven times in the Apocrypha (twice as a verb and as an adjective, and three times as a noun). This must fix the N.T. usus.
[4329] St. John x.
[4330] St. Luke xii. 33, 34.
[4331] comp. St. Matt. xix. 21.
[4332] 1 Cor. vii. 30, 31.
[4333] St. Matt. vi. 19-21.
[4334] St. Luke xii.
[4335] vv. 35-38.
[4336] The first is not mentioned, because it was so early, nor yet the fourth, because the feast would scarcely be protracted so long. Anciently, the Hebrews counted three night-watches; but afterwards, and probably at the time of Christ, they divided the night into four watches (see the discussion in Ber. 3 a). The latter arrangement was probably introduced from the Romans.
[4337] St. Matt. xxiv. 43, 44.
[4338] St. Luke xii. 39, 40.
[4339] St. Luke xii. 42-46; comp. St. Matt. xxiv. 45-51.
[4340] So literally.
[4341] St. Luke xii. 47, 48.
[4342] St. Luke xii. 49-53.
[4343] Comp. before, under 1, p. 218.
[4344] This clause is most important for the interpretation of that which precedes it, showing that it cannot be taken in sensu malo. It cannot therefore be the fire of judgment' (Plumptre.)
[4345] Probably, as Wünsche suggests, the {hebrew} or else the {hebrew} of the Rabbis.
[4346] vv. 49-50.
[4347] St. Matt. x 34-36.
[4348] St. Luke xii. 51-53.
[4349] ver. 54
[4350] St. Matt. xvi. 2, 3.
[4351] St. Luke xii. 56.
[4352] The observant reader will notice how characteristic the small differences are. Thus, the sirocco would not be expected in Galilee, but in Peræa, and in the latter also the first flowers would appear much earlier.
[4353] ver. 57.
[4354] St. Matt. v. 25, 26.
[4355] St. Luke xii. 58, 59.
[4356] Sanh. 95 b. Its import is thus explained: Prépare ta vengence, sans que ton ennemi puisse s'en douter (Schuhl, Sent. et. Prov. d. Talm. p. 3.)
[4357] This omission goes far to prove the groundlessness of the charge brought by Renan, and lately by Joël (Bl. in d. Relig. Gesch. ii. pp. 52 &c), that the writings of Josephus have been largely falsified by Christian copyists.
[4358] St. Luke xiii. 1-5.
[4359] St. Luke xiii. 4.
[4360] Jos. War. ii. 9. 4.
[4361] St. Luke xiii. 6-9.