42. AiTouvn, to him that asketh) who wishes you to give to him gratuitously, even though he do not ask with the best claim. — bibw) give) as God does ; see Luke xi. 10. — rov dsXovra, him that icould) even though he does not venture to beseech the^ vehemently. — i^n avoffrpapr,?, turn not thou away) although you have a specious pretext for so doing.
43. T6i> crA»5<r/oi>, Thy neighbour) Gataker1 in his Adversaria miscellanea postlmma, ch. x. f. 527, remarks, that in Sophocles and Aristotle, all men are indiscriminately called 01 irt\as? — piffqffsis rov syjpov <rou,3 thou shalt hate thine enemy) The Jews abused the precept which had been given in reference to certain accursed nations, as in Deut. xxiii. 7 ; for they had also been commanded to love even their enemies. Christopher Cart- wright4 cites decrees of the Jews concerning the hatred of enemies. — See Book 2 ; Mellif. Heb. ch. 1.
44. 'AyaTKTS, love ye — euXoys/rg, bless ye — xaXu$ iroitTre, do ye good to — xai vpoas-Jyjffds v<rep, and pray ye for) Here are four clauses, the second and third of which are wanting in some of the ancients — the second in the Vulgate, the third in Tertullian,5 De Patientia, ch. vi. Four clauses ought, therefore, to be read, although the third is almost contained in the first, and the second in the fourth by Chiasmus:6 on which account St Luke trans poses them.7 In ver. 46, the verb aya^aw, to love, occurs again,
published many learned works on these subjects. He died in 1764. -(I. B.)
1 Thomas Gataker was born in London 1574 ; became Preacher of Lin coln's Inn in 1601, Rector of Rotherhithe 1611, and died 1654. He was one of the most learned theologians of his time. He subscribed the Covenant, but declared in favour of Episcopacy, and during the Commonwealth pre ferred the Presbyterians to the Independents. His works are many and various. — (I. B.)
2 i.e. neighbours. — (I. B.)
3 A most vile gloss. — B. G. V.
* Christopher Cartwright, a learned English divine ; born 1602 ; died 1658. The work here cited is Mellificium Hebraicum, sive observationes ex Hebraeorum antiquiorum monumentis desumptae. — (I. B.)
6 Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, a native of Carthage, where he became a Presbyter, the earliest of the Latin fathers, flourished in the third century. — (I. B.)
6 See explanation of technical terms in Appendix. — (I. B.)
7 Vulg. Memph. Versions, Orig. 4,329o; 351 a ; Cypr. 248, 260, 319, Hil.