also in the doctrine of the New Testament : such is the force of xa/ni, new — things then first revealed ; see ver. 35. New things are here mentioned before old, as the latter receive light and savour from the former, and are at length tempered together most harmoniously. See 1 John ii. 7, 8. — pafyrtudtig, instructed) as jSaffiXivu signifies both to make a king, and to act the king, so also /Ludririvca, to make disciples (expressed in John iv. 1 by fLa&nrac, voitfv), and act or be a disciple ; see ch. xxvii. 57. The former meaning obtains in this passage. — rJj /3«<y/Xg/a, in the kingdom) Others1 read e/e rv\v j3a,aiXiiav, unto the kingdom. In either reading, by metonymy or prosopopoeia, Christ Himself is intimated, as in ch. xi. 12. If you accept the latter reading, cf. 2 Cor. xi. 3 ; if the former,2 ch. xxvii. 57. — ai'fywsrw, unto a man) Almost all the parables are taken from human affairs, for the sake of perspicuity. — Jx/3aXX£/, bringeth forth) plentifully. — Qqffavpov, treasure) store, sc. of corn. — xa/va xa/ TaXa/a, new and old) a proverbial mode of speaking of a great plenty from the last and the present year; see Cant. vii. 13. — The new things, as from the treasures of the kingdom of heaven ; the old things,
1 Such is the reading of E. M. In his App. Grit. Bengel writes : " tig T^V Qctaiheicti') edd. Bas. a. /3. Stap. etc. Ex fiafarrtv&tif) tig facile iteratum. (rij /3aff<Xs/«) Bas. y. Cypr. Par. 6, 8 ; Vsser, 2 ; Origenes constanter, ssepe ; Cyrillus, Procopius. Placet Heinsio. Lectio media, unde iv -nj fixat- >.il»,Med. Chrysost. Cyrillus alibi, Lot. Irenaeus, latinecerte, Cant. — (I. B.)
2 The margin of both Editions, as well as the Germ. Vers., prefer the Dative.— E. B,
Tischend. with BC Syr. Orig. 3, 459 f, reads ry fieurifaicp. Lachm. with Dbc Vulg. Iren. 237, Hil., reads iv ry fiaatteta,. Lachm. claims C for h T'/I /Sour, in opposition to Tischend. Rec. Text, tlgr. ftotai^tiotv, is not supported by primary authorities. The shorter reading, TYI paaihttx, is cceteris pari- bus preferable to the longer, as the shorter would be more likely to originate the other two, the longer ones, tig r. ficta. and Iv r. ftcta. (which look like glosses of the shorter), than either of them to originate it ; ch. xxvii. 57 supports it. Besides, it is not simply members of the kingdom who are here spoken of, but those who, being already in it themselves, are qualified henceforth to be teachers for it. I prefer, with Olshausen and Storr, ex plaining it, " made a disciple for the kingdom," i.e., for its benefit; one who, being instructed himself, is capable of labouring for the kingdom. But Beng. takes TV j&wAf/f as a Prosopopoeia — the Kingdom meaning Jesus Christ, who is the embodiment of the Kingdom — " made a disciple to the King dom," i.e. to Jesus Christ. — ED.