Lead (odnyetv). Better, guide, as Rev., since the word com- bines the ideas of leading and instructing.
Shall they not (ovyi)? Another interrogative particle, this time expecting an affirmative answer.
40. Perfect (xarnpricpévos). Rev., rendering the participle more literally, perfected. See on Matt. iv. 21. The word sig- nifies to readjust, restore, set to rights, whether in a physical or a moral sense. See 1 Cor. i. 10, where Paul exhorts to be per- fectly joined together (katnpticpévot) in opposition to being diwided. In Gal. vi. 1, it is used of restoring a brother taken in a fault. Hence the meaning to perfect, as Eph. iv. 12. Used in medical language of setting a bone or joint.
41, Beholdest (ré7rets)—considerest (xatavoets)—mote (xapos)—beam (doxov). See on Matt. vii. 3.
42. Brother. ‘Expressing the pretence of fraternal duty. To this is opposed ‘ Thou hypocrite!’ ” (Bengel).
Let me cast out (ddes exBadrw) with a studied courtesy : allow me to cast out.
See clearly to cast out. See on Matt. vii. 5. 43. A good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit (od éori
dévdpov Kadov, Tototy KapTov campov). Rev., more correctly, there is no good tree that bringeth, ete. Yampov, corrupt, is ety-
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. mologically akin to ow, in Jas. v. 2: “ Your riches are cor- rupted.” The word means rotten, stale.
Neither. Rev., nor again. The A. V. omits again (radu, on the other hand).
44, Bramble-bush (@drov.) Matthew has tpsBorar, thisiles. The word occurs only once outside of Luke’s writings, in Mark xii. 26, where it is used as the familiar title of a section of the Pentateuch. Luke also uses it in the same way (xx. 37). He was doubtless acquainted with it medicinally, as it was exten- sively used by ancient physicians. Galen has a chapter on its medicinal uses, and the medical writings abound in prescriptions of which it is an ingredient. Galen also has a saying similar to our Lord’s; “ A farmer could never make a bramble bear grapes.” It is the word employed by the Septuagint for the bush out of which God spoke to Moses.
Grapes (ctaduaAnv). Lit., a cluster of grapes. — 45. Evil. See on Luke iii. 19.
47. | will shew you to whom he is like. Peculiar to Luke. See on Matt. vil. 24.
48. Digged deep (écxayrev cai éBdSuvev). The A. V. re- gards the two words asa strong expression of a single idea; but the idea ig twofold: he dug (through the sand), and deepened down into the solid rock. So Rev., rightly, he digged and went deep.
The flood (aAnupvpas). There is no article: a flood. The word occurs in Luke only, and only in this passage. As a med- ical term it is used of excess of fluids in the body: flooding.
Beat vehemently (rpocéppnéev). Rev., more literally, brake. Used by physicians of a rupture of the veins. It occurs only here and ver.49. Matthew has mpocéxoway, beat.
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49. Upon the earth without a foundation. Matthew, upon the sand. ‘The two men are conceived as alike selecting a spot where the sand overlies the rock. The one builds directly upon the sand, the other digs through and down into the rock.
It fell (évecev). But the best texts read cuvésecer, Sell to- gether, collapsed. Rev., fell in. Only here in New Testament. In medical language used of the falling-in of parts of the body. Thus Hippocrates, “the temples fallen in: the limb quickly collapses or shrivels.” Matthew uses the simple verb ézecev,
fell.
Ruin (pyyya). Lit., breaking. Only here in New Testa- ment. A medical term for a laceration or rupture. Matthew has rr@ots, the fall.
CHAPTEL VII. 1-10. Compare Matt. viii, 5-13.
1. Sayings (f7uara). See on ch. i. 37,
In the ears (ets tas axods). Lit., into the ears. See on ears, Luke iv. 37.