27. E7-xtv, said) in all simplicity. — rj/^sTg, «>«) not like that rich man. — vavra, all things) His few things are as much all to the workman, as his many things to the satrap. — ri upa, tarai fi/uTv ; what therefore shall there be for us ?) Our Lord replies by IKU,- rovravXaffiova. Xjj-vJ/sra/, he shall receive an hundredfold, in ver. 29, and <3w<rw, K.T.X., / will give, etc., in ch. xx. 4, 2, 7, etc. — fati, for us) sc. in the kingdom of God.
28. 'O &e'lr,sovs sfaev aura?:, x.r.X., £w£ Jesus said unto them, etc.) Peter had joined together we have left all, and we have fol lowed Thee. Our Lord replies to these things separately ; for the latter (ver. 28) was peculiar to the apostles ; the former (ver. 29) common to them with others. See Ps. xlv. 10, 11. — i^a/i:
— x.al vfj,t?s, ye — ye also) sc. you Twelve. — sv ry na,\iyytvtaia., in the regeneration) This is to be construed with the following, not the preceding words : for the following after Jesus is usually mentioned alone, without this addition : by which the time of the session, which is immediately spoken of, is suitably marked. There will be a new creation, over which the second Adam will preside, when the whole microcosm of human nature, by means of the resurrection, and also the macrocosm of the universe, will be born again (genesin iteratam habebit). Cf. Acts iii. 21 ; Rev. xxi. 5 ; Matt. xxvi. 29. — Regeneration (•raX/yysi/£<r/a) and renovation (avaxahuffis) are joined together in Tit. iii. 5. — Then we shall be sons ; see Luke xx. 36 ; Rom. viii. 23 ; 1 John iii. 2.
— xaSlafffds, ye shall sit) The middle voice is used in the case of the disciples, the active, xadiffp, in that of the Lord. At the beginning of the judgment the disciples will stand ; see Luke xxi. 36 ; 2 Cor. v. 10 ; afterwards, having been absolved from all charges against them, they will sit with Him ; see 1 Cor. vi. 2. — dpovovs, thrones) Another has taken the throne of Judas ; see Acts i. 20. Concerning the thrones, cf. Rev. xx. 4. — xplvovrtg, judging) In the time of the Judges there was a theo cracy, concerning which see my exposition of the Apocalypse, p. 553. Thus, in the first millennium, restored Israel, its ene mies having been destroyed, will have judges again ; see Is. i. 26. The promise, however, given to the apostles, refers to a still more distant period. — dudixa, twelve) The number of
DOMINI Du CANGK, et CARPENTARII in compendium redactum multisque verbis et dicendi formulis auctum. — Tom. vi., p. 5(53, b. — (I. B.)