form of prayer.1 — uTs Aavid, son of David) that is, Christ. See ch. i. 1 and xxii. 42. 2
28. 'EXdo'm, when he was come) They persevered in praying. — dvvapai, I am able) The object of faith.
29. Kara, according to) He says this by way of affirmation, not of limitation. — ytvydriru, let it be done, or let it become) cor responding with the Hebrew TV.3
30. ' Aviw^driffav, were opened) The same verb is used also in the case of ears, Mark vii. 34, 35, and of the mouth, Luke i. 64. — sv£J3pi,uiiffaro, straitly charged) perhaps lest an opportunity might be given to the Pharisees. Cf. ver. 34.* — opart, see) A word used absolutely ; for neither does the following impera tive depend on this.
32. TLpoffriVtyxav Aurw, x.r.X., they brought to Him, etc.) One who could scarcely come of his own accord.
33. 'itfpajgA, Israel) In the nation in which so many wonder ful things had been seen.
34. 'EH rf> ap^ovn, through the prince) The Pharisees could not deny the magnitude of our Lord's miracles ; they ascribe them, therefore, to a great author, though an evil one.5
35. 1rtg jSadi^slas, of the kingdom) SC. of God. — -xaffav, x.r.A., every, etc.) sc. of all who were brought to Him.
36. 'E<TTAay;£f/<r$»;, He was moved with compassion) The dispo sition of Jesus was most fruitful in works of mercy.6 — l
1 For instance, the woman of Canaan, the father of the lunatic, the ten lepers, etc. — V. g.
2 It was distressing to them, that, though living at that very time, in which the Son of David, who had been so long looked for, was living in the world, they were yet not permitted even to see Him. — V. g.
3 Used in the celebrated passage, Genesis i. 3, " And GOD said, ' Let there be Light :' — and there was Light." — (I. B.)
4 It would have been better for them to have obeyed His injunction of silence: and yet their conduct is not without affording us means of inferring, how great is the effect which the power of Christ has on those who have experienced it. — V. g.
5 At a subsequent period they even more wantonly poured out bitter re marks of this kind. Yet, however great their wickedness, they were at least more clear-sighted than those, who acknowledge the reality of neither demons, nor demoniacal possession, nor expulsion. — V. g.
6 It was a striking work of mercy to bring wretched souls to a state of spiritual soundness by praying or teaching. — V. g.