3. Atari, why} He replies by a question similar in form to that which they had proposed in ver. 2.1 — x.a< vpeTs, ye also) Whether My disciples transgress or not, you are the greatest transgressors. — dia, x.r.X., on account of, etc.) Traditions, even where you could least expect it, detract from the commandments of God.2 — vpuv, your) They had said, of the ancients ; Jesus is no respecter of persons.
4. ' O yap ©so?, for God) In contrast with IpsT; 8e, but you, in ver. 5. — r//ia, honour) Honour signifies benefits which are due (see Gnomon on 1 Tim. v. 3), the denial of which is the greatest insult. Thus, in the S.V. of Prov. iii. 9, rfaa rbv Kvpiov (honour the Lord) occurs with reference to sacrifices. An instance of metonymy of the antecedent for the consequent. In Exod. xx. 12, S.V., it stands thus : — rifta rov iraripa ffou xai rqv /A^r'spa ffov '. honour thy father and thy mother. The second aov (thy} is not expressed in the present passage. — o xaxoXoywy, he that curseth) In Exod. xxi. 16 : o xa-/,oXoyuv Kar'spa aurov rt f&ifripet aurov davdrui rtXturdru :3 he that curseth his father or his mother, let him die* the death. — Life is assailed by curses, and children receive their life through their parents. — davdru, death) Observe this, O youth !
5. 'T,uf?s &, but you) What God commands are the offices of love ; human traditions lead into all other things.5 — dupov, a gift) i.e. it is a gift. Whatsoever, etc., is Corban. The formula was "]*? njnj 'ONtt' pip, Let all that by ivhich I might be serviceable to thee in any way whatsoever, be to me Corban ; i.e. Let it be as much forbidden to me to benefit thee in anything, as it is un-
of the English Church; born 1645 or 1646 ; died 1727-8. The work here alluded to is entitled —
" Brief Critical Notes, especially on the various readings of the New Tes tament Books ; with a Preface concerning the Texts cited from the Old Testament, as also concerning the use of the Septuagint Translation. 8vo. London, 1730."— (I. B.)
1 The truth is never at a loss for questions, which it may put in opposi tion to the questions of hypocrites. — V. g.
3 And what an amount of injury, from time to time, has been the result of the accumulation of such traditions, however much particular ones may be not without their show of plausibility, can hardly be stated. — V. g.
8 The Vatican MS. reads n^w/iait Savarw.— (I. B.)
* Lit. " Let him die by death."— (I. B.)
8 In the original, " in alia omnia eunt," i.e. into all things which are of a different, nay, a contrary character.