to have understood (see Acts vii. 25), and to have watched.— avrjXdov, they departed) leaving even the city, which was there fore burnt ; see ver. 7. He who does not answer the call, loses even those advantages which he previously had possessed. — rbv 'ibiov — a-iroS, Ids own — his) Egoism.1 — ayplv — IpKopiav, field — mer chandise) The one busied with immoveable, the other with rnoveable goods ; the one detained by a false contentment (avrdpxtia2), the other by the desire of acquiring more.
6. O/ Bs XO/TO/, and the remnant) Who did not wish to appear to have made light of it.3 — vfipisav, treated them with insult and injury) see 2 Chron. xxx. 10 ; 1 Tim. i. 13 ; Heb. x. 29.
7. 'Axouiras 8= o (BaffiMvg, but when the king heard thereof) The transgression of the disobedient was a crying sin. — rqv iroX/i/ avruv, their city) sc. that of the murderers. — ffrparzvftara, armies) sc. the Roman forces.4 — <pove/t, murderers) The chief crime pro vokes the whole punishment ; see Amos ii. — aurwv, of them) viz. of those murderers and despisers.
8. Ton, x.r.x., then, etc.) see Acts xiii. 46. — Xiyn, x.r.x., saith He, etc.) The Lord frequently reveals the principles of His counsel to His servants. — eni/tos SSTIV, is ready) and will not be dispensed with on account of the ingratitude of them which were bidden.5 — oux r,eav ci^ioi, were not worthy) cf. Acts xiii. 46. No one is considered unworthy until the offer has been made to
1 In the original, " ffitov »VTW, proprium : suum) Suitas." This is one of those passages which it is far more easy to understand than to translate. There is a connection between the expression " Suitas" (a word, I believe, coined by Bengel for the occasion) and suum immediately preceding. The meaning is, that the words, <"§/ov, &VTOV, both refer to Self, and imply a re cognition of Self as the object of thought and consideration, apart from, independent of, in contradistinction, nay in preference to, GOD — in fact, a state or feeling the very opposite to that involved in the Apostle's words (1 Cor. vi. 19, 20), Ye are NOT TOUR OWN : ye are bought with a price. There fore glorify GOD in your body, and in yuur spirit, WHICH AKE GOD'S. — (I. B.)
2 See p. 150, f. n. 3, and on Matt. x. 9. — (I. B.)
3 And who did not attend either to farming or merchandise. To wit, those who have less of hinderances in their way not rarely sin the more grievously fur that very reason, when they thrust themselves into sacred things, by their perverse mode of behaving with respect to them. — V. g.
4 Who were let loose upon Jerusalem forty years from this time. — V. g. * The Wedding is truly even still ready for the guests who are willing to
come. — V. g.