Byzantinus, and perhaps by other MSS. Such matters have been generally neglected by the collators of Codices. Others read apvriffofji,ai avrbv xayw.
34. Elpfivqvj peace) sc. of the righteous with the wicked. — /^d^atpav, a sivord) i.e., violent division (called 8ta,fjt,spiefjt,bv in Luke xii. 51, xxii. 36), proceeding from the discord of families, mentioned in ver. 35, to wars and murders.
35. Ar^ocffa/, to separate) A necessary consequence of what precedes. — avSpwcrov, a man} sc. a son who loves Me ; see ver. 37. — xara, against) In this passage those are put in opposition, who are otherwise naturally most attached, to each other.
36. 'E^Spo/, enemies) A man shall have them of his household — his relations, servants, and acquaintances — for enemies, if he be lieves in Me ; see Micah vii. 6.
37. 'O <piXuv, K.r.X., he that loveth, etc.) from aversion to the sword just mentioned. An ascending climax: to prefer Christ to parents, children, and, in the next verse, himself.
38. Tbv cravpbv, his cross) The cross, which was unused by the Jews as a punishment, was not employed proverbially to denote
sent on an embassy to the Emperor Valens, about the year 378. He is said to have embraced Arianism, and to have propagated Arian tenets among his countrymen. Besides translating the entire Bible into the Gothic language, Ulphilas is said to have conferred on the Mseso-Goths the invention of the Gothic characters. The character, however, in which this version of the New Testament is written, is, in fact, the Latin character of that age; and the degree of perfection which the Gothic language had obtained during the time of Ulphilas, is a proof that it had then been written for some time. The translation of Ulphilas (who had been educated among the Greeks) was executed from the Greek ; but, from its coincidence in many instances with the Latin, there is reason to suspect that it has been interpolated, though at a remote period, from the Vulgate. Its unquestionable antiquity, how ever, and its general fidelity, have concurred to give this version a high place in the estimation of biblical critics ; but, unfortunately, it has not come down to us entire. The only parts extant in print are, a fragment of the book of Nehemiah, a considerable portion of the four Gospels, and some portions of the apostolic epistles. The most distinguished manuscript of the Gothic version of Ulphilas is the justly celebrated CODEX ARGENTEUS, now pre served in the Library of the University of Upsal, in Sweden." — Hartwell Ilorne, vol. ii. p. 240.— (I. B.)
1 The order x,»ya eti/Tov is supported by BDA Vulg. abc Orig. 1, 298^, 3,5436, Hil. 985, Cypr. But Rec. Text »vrot> *«*/«, with Orig. 1,2966. Orig. 3,543i puts the etpffiaifteu after cti/rov. — ED.