the gullet. — oXov r& ffuftd ffov, thy whole body) If one member sin, the whole man sins and pays the penalty. — yeswctv, hell) of eternal fire. — See ch. xviii. 8, etc.
30. Xiip, hand) The matter proceeds from sight to act.
31. "Os av artoXvsr), whosoever shall put away) They held di vorce to be an arbitrary matter.1 — airoardffiov, a divorce) i.e. a writing of divorcement. A metonymy which occurs in ch. xix. 7, and is also employed by the LXX.
32. Ao'you, for the cause) The Hebrew 13H corresponds to the Greek Ao'y°£ in the sense of a cause, why anything may be rightly done.2 — #011? uvrqv /io/^ac^a/, makes her to commit adultery) sc. by other nuptials into which the divorce permits her to enter. — dtarikJXtyMwp', one that has been divorced).
33. 'Avodufffig, thou shalt render)* Perjury therefore is the non-performance of promises attested by an oath. Christ, therefore, especially forbids promissory oaths, since men by them asseverate concerning future things, none of which is in their power, see ver. 36. The human oaths concerning which Moses gives regulations, or which holy men have sworn, have more frequently reference to confirming, more rarely to promising, and in fact more persons perjure themselves with regard to future, than past matters. Wherefore the Romans prudently preferred binding with oath their magistrates at the conclusion, rather than at the commencement of office. — Spxov$, oaths,) sc. things promised by oath.
34. My ou,6ffai o>.&>£, not to swear at all) The oXug, at all, ex tends this prohibition to swearing truly as well as falsely : it does not, however, universally prohibit all true swearing. The right employment of oaths is not only like divorce permitted but clearly established by the law, nor is it here abolished by Christ; see ver. 17. But the abuse of oaths was extremely frequent with the Jews of that age, to the destruction of their legitimate use, as is clear from the forms of swearing cited in
1 SoV<y does not indicate a command but a permission. [He may give.'] They seemed to think Moses had nothing in view save the observance of certain formalities. — Vers. Germ,
3 These words, Tracpmros hoyov vopvtiet;, apply also to the following clause tt.au OT? tSe.ii <xToA£A. ya^, and are to be supplied in it. — Vers. Germ.
3 E. V. " Thou shalt perform."— (I. B.)