11. "Or/, because) This maybe referred to the preceding why ? Cf. in ver. 13, bia roZro, therefore. — V/AIV, to you) who have. — r<i pvffrripia, the mysteries) This term is applied, not to all things which all ought to know from revelation, but to those things which they, to whom secret things are revealed, know beyond those who know only what is strictly necessary. — sxelvoig, to them) who are without, in contradistinction to v^Tv, you, who are within.1 oit dsdorai, it is not given) sc. to comprehend mysteries fully and clearly.2
12. "E^g/, hath) to have, signifies to be rich. He who hath rejoices in this as his distinguishing criterion, viz. that he is one that hath, and becomes day by day more sure of perseverance. — <rtpiffgtu^gtrtUj he shall be rendered more abundant3) and shall surpass his former self.4 — offng ovx t%fi} whosoever hath not) The conjunction on (because), in ver. 13, refers to this, and //.jjcrorg (lest at any time), in ver. 15, to apS^tfera/ (shall be taken away). — xal o %%£!) even that which he hath) shall be taken away. — ap$rr fferat, shall be taken atvay) Even though he hear, yet he shall not hear ; and that wrhich he hath heard shall at length (un doubtedly after the judgment) be so taken away from him, that he shall be as if he had never heard anything. The damned shall be tortured with ignorance, and the thirst for knowledge.
13. "On, x.r.X., because, etc.) Our Lord, therefore, did not speak to the people in parables without a cause. And nevertheless He had often before spoken to them without parables, out of com passion (see ch. ix. 36, and Mark vi. 34), and they had not pro fited [by His teaching]. — ovds ffwiouai) neither do they understand.
14. K.u,i, and) therefore. — ayairXjjpoDra/, is now being refulfilled5)
1 In the original, "hoc vim habet removendi." I have paraphrased it, so as to express Bengel's meaning in a manner intelligible to the English reader. — (I. B.)
2 In the original, "nosse mysteria nuda." Literally, to know mysteries naked, i.e. fully revealed, without concealment or obscurity. — (I. B.)
" Mysteria nuda," mysteries without the clothing of the parabolic form or guise, — ED.
3 E. V. Shall have more abundance. — (I. B.)
4 " This is the case in things temporal, and much more so in things spiritual."— B. G. V.
6 E. V. « is fulfilled."- (I. B.)
" Is receiving its complete (full measure of) fulfilment." — ED.