The plan of the first and third quaternions is contained in what I have just said : in the second, Matthew places himself modestly after his1 Thomas, thus proving himself to be the writer of the book ; for both Mark and Luke put Thomas after Matthew, although St Luke, after the confirmation of Thomas's faith (John xx. 27, 28), puts him, in the Acts, even above Bartho lomew, and associates him with Philip. From the first quater nion wre have the writings of Peter and John ; from the second, that of Matthew ; from the third, those of James and Jude, or Thaddeus. St John has not enumerated the apostles in his Gospel, but he has done so by implication in the Apocalypse ; see Rev. xxi. 19, 20, and my German, Exposition of it. — vpurog, first) On the primacy of Peter, see Luke viii. 45, ix. 32 ; John i. 42 ; Matt. xvi. 16 ; John xxi. 15 ; Acts i. 15, ii. 14, viii. 14, x. 5, xv. 7. He was, however, first among the apostles, not placed over the apostles : in the apostolate, not above it. What is this to the Pope of Rome ? Not more than to any other bishop ; nay, even less. — 6 Xgyo/«vos Tierpos, who is called Peter) A surname which became afterwards better known.2
3. 'O 7-ou Ztps&aiou, the son of Zebedee) To distinguish him from James the son of Alphaeus. — 6 rgXwvjjs, the publican} A humble confession of the Evangelist concerning himself. He does not call Peter, Andrew, etc., the fishermen : but he does call himself the publican.
Az(3j3atbg, Lebbaeus) According to Hiller, Thaddaeus, derived from the dial dee in, bosom, and Lebbaeus, from the Hebrew 27, heart, are synonymous terms, and denote a man of much heart:5 see Onomata Sacra, p. 123. So Thomas means the same thing as Didymus. Those copies4 which have in this pas sage only AeSpaToe, are supported by the list of the apostles which
1 "Thomam suum," his Thomas, i.e. his associate in the lists; Matthew and Thomas being placed together in all of them. — (I. B.)
2 i.e. better known than the name " SIMON," which he had received at his circumcision. — (I. B.)
3 " Hominem pectorosum" lit. in classical Latin, a man of broad, large, or high breast. — (I. B.)
4 The reading of E. M. is " ««< As/3/3«?oj 6 tKix.'hrfitl; ©«5§«<oj." — (I. B.)
So the margin of Bengel's larger Ed., though in the text there stood 0«3-