Ye shall find (eipyjcere). Compare J will give you and ye shall find. The rest of Christ is twofold—given and found. It is given in pardon and reconciliation. It is found under the yoke and the burden; in the development of Christian experi- ence, as more and more the “strain passes over ” from self to Christ. “No other teacher, since the world began, has ever associated Jearn with rest. ‘Learn of me,’ says the philosopher, ‘and you shall find restlessness.’ ‘Learn of me,’ says Christ, ‘and you shall find rest’” (Drummond, “ Natural Law in the Spiritual World ”).
70 WORD STUDIES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. [Cu. XII.
30. Easy (yenords). Nota satisfactory rendering. Christ’s yoke is not easy in the ordinary sense of that word. The word means originally, good, serviceable. ‘The kindred noun, ypyo- TéTns, occurring only in Paul’s writings, is rendered kindness in 2 Cor. vi. 6; Tit. iti. 4; Gal. v. 22; Eph. ii. 7 (Rev.), and good- ness, Rom. ii. 4 (Rev.). At Luke v. 39, it is used of old wine, where the true reading, instead of better, is good (ypynaros), mel- lowed with age. Plato (“‘ Republic,” 424) applies the word to education. “ Good nurture and education (tpog¢y yap Kai mrat- devaois ypnorh) implant good (ayaJas) constitutions ; and these good (xpnorat) constitutions improve more and more;” thus evidently using ypnords and dyados as synonymous. The three meanings combine in the word, though it is impossible to find an English word which combines them all. Christ’s yoke is wholesome, serviceable, kindly. ‘ Christ’s yoke is like feathers toa bird; not loads, but helps to motion” (Jeremy Taylor).