technical term in medicine for feeling gently a sore part of the body, or the pulse. Matt. xxiii. 4, has cwjoas, move.
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47. Ye build. Or are budding, carrying on the work now. See on Matt. xxiii. 29.
Tombs of the prophets. See on Matt. xxiii. 29.
48. Ve bear witness that ye allow (udptupés éote Kai cuveddoxeite). Rev., more correctly, ye are witnesses and con- sent. ‘The compound verb means “give your full approval.” Ye think (Soxeire) ; favorably (eb); along with them (ovr).
51. The altar and the temple. Olxov, temple, lit., house, is equivalent to vaod, sanctuary (Rev.), in Matt. xxiii. 35. The altar is the altar of burnt-offering. See on Matt. iv. 5; and compare 2 Chron. xxiv. 18-21.
53. To urge him vehemently (Sewas éevéyew). See on Mark vi. 19.
Provoke to speak (dmocrouaritewv). Only here in New Testament. From amd, from, and otopa, the mouth. Origi- nally to dictate to a pupil what he is to learn by heart. Thus Plato: “ When the grammar-master dictated (aroatopatifor) to you” (“ Euthydemus,” 276). Hence to catechize, with the idea of putting words into Christ’s mouth, and making him say what they wanted him to say.
54, Lying in wait—to catch (évedpevovtes—Inpedoar). Met- aphors from hunting.
1. An innumerable multitude (trav pupiddov tod dxdov). The word pvpias strictly means a number of ten thousand. It is our word myriad. Hence, generally, of any countless number.
First of all. Many connect this with what follows: “first of all beware,” etc.
Leaven. See on Matthew xiii. 33.
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Which (iris). Classifying the leaven: which belongs to the category of hypocrisy.
Hypocrisy. See on hypocrites, Matt. xxiii. 13.
2. Covered up (cvyxexadvppévov). Only here in New Testament: implying close concealment.
3. Closets (rapelous). The word has the same root as Téuve, to cut or divide, and means an apartment where supplies are divided and apportioned: a treasury, magazine, and there- fore a secret and well-guarded place. There the steward (raulas), the distributor, has his seat.
House-tops. See on Matt. xxiv. 17.
4. Unto you, my friends (duty tots pirois pov). See on Pharisees and lawyers, ch. xi. 48, 46. Not an address, “O my friends,” but, “ unto you, the friends of me.”
Be not afraid of (uw hoS8nIjre ao). Lit., “ fear not from ;” i.e., from the hands of.
5. | will forewarn (i7odecEw). Rev., warn. See on warned, ch. iil. 7.
Hell. See on Matt. v. 22.
6. Sparrows. See on Matt. x. 29.
Fall. See on Matt. x. 29.
7. Confess me. Lit., “confess in me.” See on Matt. x. 32.
10. A word (Adyov). Distinguished from dlaspheme, which follows. A word against the poor and humble Son of Man might, as Godet observes, have proceeded from a sincerely pious Jew, under the influence of his early education, which taught him to regard Jesus as an enthusiast or even as an im-
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postor. The sin of the Jews was in rejecting and resisting the power of the Spirit of Pentecost. Pardon was offered them there for the sin of erucifying the Lord (see Acts ii. 38-40, and com- pare Acts ili. 17-19).
11. Answer (dzrodXoyjonode). See on 1 Pet. iii. 15. 14. Made (xatéotncev). Appointed or constituted.
15. Beware of (durdccecSe ard). Lit., guard yourselves
Jrom.
17. Bestow (cuvaéw). Lit., gather together.
18. Fruits (yevypara). Some texts, however, read tov otrov, my corn. So Rey.
19. Soul (uvy7). See on Mark xii. 30. Take thine ease. See on Matt. xi. 28.
20. Fool (abpwv). Senseless. In Xenophon’s ‘ Memorabilia,” Socrates, addressing Aristodemus, says, “ Which do you take to be the more worthy of admiration, those who make images without sense (appova) or motion, or those who make intellegent and active creations ?” (1, iv., 4). Sometimes, also, in the sense of crazed, frantic, but never in New Testament.