37. Hen (dps). Generic: bird or fowl; but hen is used generically of the mother-bird of all species.
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1. Went out and departed from the temple (éfeJav ard Tod ‘epod émopeveto). Rev., better: Went out from the tem- ple and was going on his way. The temple, iepod, not vaod: the whole of the buildings connected with the temple, all of which, including the vads, or sanctuary, and the porches and courts, constituted the fepov. See on Matt. iv. 5.
3. Coming (aapovaias). Originally, presence, from trapei- vat, to be present. In this sense in Philip. ii. 12; 2 Cor. x. 10. Also arrival, as in 1 Cor. xvi. 17; 2 Oor. vii. 6, 7; 2 Thess. ii. 9; 2 Pet. iii. 12. Of the second coming of Christ: James v. 8; 1 John ii. 28; 2 Pet. iii. 4; 1 Thess. iv. 15.
Of the world (aidvos). Rather the existing, current age. — They do not ask the signs of the Messiah’s coming at the end of all time, to judge the world.
4. Deceive (rAavijon).) Lit., lead astray, as Rev.
5. In my name (él 7d dvduari pov). Lit., on my name, i.e. on the strength of; resting their claims on the name Mes- siah.
12. Shall abound (rrAnSuv9jvar). Lit., shall be multiplied. See Acts vi. 1, 7; vii. 17; ix. 31; Heb. vi. 14.
Of many (rv woddov). The A. V. in omitting the defi- nite article, misses the force of Christ’s saying. It is not the love of many people only that shall be chilled, but of the many, the majority, the great body.
Wax cold (yuyijoeras). The verb means originally to breathe or blow ; and the picture is that of spiritual energy blighted or chilled by a malign or poisonous wind.
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14. World (79 oixoupévy). Lit., the inhabited. The whole habitable globe. Rev., in margin, inhabited earth.
15. Abomination of desolation (Gdéduyya rhs épnudcews). The cognate verb, BéeAvooouas, means to feel a nausea or loath- ing for food : hence used of disgust generally. In a moral sense it denotes an object of moral or religious repugnance. See 2 Chron. xv. 8; Jer. xiii. 27; Ezek. xi. 21; Dan. ix. 27; xi. 31. It is used as equivalent to ¢dol in 1 Kings xi. 17; Dent. vii. 26; 2 Kings xxiii. 18. It denotes anything in which estrange- ment from God manifests itself; as the eating of unclean beasts, Lev. xi. 11; Deut. xiv. 3; and, generally, all forms of heathenism. This moral sense must be emphasized in the New Testament use of the word. Compare Luke xvi. 15; Apoe. xvii. 4,5; xxi. 27. It does not denote mere physical or esthetic dis- gust. The reference here is probably to the occupation of the temple precincts by the idolatrous Romans under Titus, with their standards and ensigns. Josephus says that, after the burning of the temple the Romans brought their ensigns and set them over against the eastern gate, and there they offered sacrifices to them, and declared Titus, with acclamations, to be emperor.
17. Him which is on the house.top (6 émi 70d 5a@aT0s). From roof to roof there might be a regular communication, called by the Rabbies “the road of the roofs.” Thus a person could make his escape passing from roof to roof, till, at the last house, he would descend the stairs on the outside of the house, but within the exterior court. The urgency of the flight is en- hanced by the fact that the stairs lead into this court. “ Though you must pass by the very door of your room, do not enter to take anything out. Escape for your life.”
22. Should be shortened (exoroBdbIncav). Rev., had been shortened. A very picturesque word. The verb is, literally, to dock, to cut off, leaving a stump, as a limb. Wye., abridged. As a fact, various causes did combine to shorten the siege, Herod Agrippa was stopped in his work of strengthening