Greek New Testament and the ancients ; lastly, and that very rarely, with profane authors. Where passages of the Old Testament are cited in the New, I have given in full the words of the LXX., especially those from which the New Testament differs, that the comparison might be the more easy. Where any difficulty has been experienced as to the interpretation of words in the New Testament, which occur also in the Septua- gint, I have compared them with the corresponding expressions in the original Hebrew : 1 by which method I have ascertained the true meaning of TpoirotpoptTv* sroi/Aaova,3 xspaX/s /3//3X/ou,4 x.r.X. I have endeavoured, indeed, to introduce into these annota tions, as many explanations and illustrations as can be derived from the LXX. No one will expect to find in the Gnomon what can be obtained from a Grammar or Lexicon of the Greek Tongue. Sometimes, however, when anything of moment is involved, or when others labour under a hallucination, we descend to such matters.
Earth produces nothing which can be compared with holy feelings.5 They comprehend, however, wrhat the Greeks call ra jj^jj,6 which we are obliged to express in Latin by the less suit-
1 i.e. where there is any doubt or difficulty about the meaning of a word used by any of the writers of the New Testament (whether in a quotation from the Old Testament, or in any other case), which word is used also by the LXX., Bengel has examined the passages of that version in which it occurs, and compared it in each instance with the Hebrew word for which it stands.— (I. B.)
2 See Gnomon on Acts xiii. 18, 19. — (I. B.)
3 See Gnomon on Ephes. vi. 15. — (I. B.) * See Gnomon on Heb. x. 7.— (I. B.)
6 The words of the original are — "Cum affectibus sanctis, quod comparari possit, terra nihil alit." — (I. B.)
6 Every student of Aristotle has probably shared the difficulty which Bengel frankly acknowledges. Twining, in the notes to his translation of the Poetics, says, " The word, «j'3»j, taken in its utmost extent, includes everything that is habitual and characteristic; but it is often used in a limited sense, for the habitual temper or disposition." It might be para-