the word in ch. xxvi. 70. To abnegate is to renounce oneself. Thus, in Tit. ii. 12, we have the simple word apvifedai, to deny ; in Luke xiv. 33, airordaaiffdai, to set apart from himself- — to bid farewell to, or forsake. These expressions are contrasted with 6/jtoXoy/a, confession, or accordant profession ; see Heb. x. 23. ] — xai axoXovdziru Mo/, and follow Me) that he may be where I am.
25. Q\\r\ — ffuffat, shall ivish — to save) It is not said, " shall save." — -^v^v, soul} The soul is the man in his animal and human capacity. — ffuffai, to save) sc. naturally. — dwroAstfa/, shall lose) sc. spiritually, or even corporeally. — a^oX'say, will lose) sc. naturally, having cast away all egoism2 by self-abnegation. It is not said, shall ivish to lose. — evsxiv 'E/^oD, for My sake) This is the object of self-abnegation : but many from other causes lose their lives, sc. for their own sake, or that of the world.- — rlpqfffi, shall find) In St Mark and St Luke it is GUSH, shall save, shall save sc. spiritually, or even corporeally. The world is full of danger. The soul that is saved is something that has been found.
26. Tov Koffftov 6'Xov, the ivJwle world) No one has ever yet gained the whole world ; yet, if he should gain it, what would it profit him ? — •^v%l'hv, soul) True wisdom refers everything to the interest of the soul; false, to that of the body. — ri what shall he give ?) The world is not enough.3 — c
as an equivalent, lat. redhostimentum) which ought not to be of less value than the soul for which it is given.
27. M'sXXti tp^eadai, is about to come) A stronger expression than eXsvasrai, will come. As the teaching concerning the per son of Christ is immediately followed by that concerning His Cross, so is the latter by that concerning His glory. — roVe, then)
1 Peter disowns himself, when he suffers himself to do that which he had done in the disowning of Christ. When the human feelings of Peter desire this or that thing, Peter retorts — I do not know Peter any longer ; there is no rela tionship at all between me and him, nor is it evident to me what the man means or intends. Whoever has gained such power against himself, to him the Cross is anything but irksome, and there is nothing sweeter than the following of Christ. — V. g.
2 "Suitate."— (I. B.)
3 The whole world is not enough as a ransom to redeem the one soul of even one man. But what a vast multitude, in truth, Christ redeemed by His own blood, namely, the whole world ! — V. g.