a scribe, in Luke xi. 45, 44, 53 ; and diddgKa.7.o:, a doctor of the law, in Luke v. 17, 21.
37. 'Ayairqgeig, x.r.X., thou shalt love, etc.) Moses repeats this in Dent. vi. 8, from the Decalogue in Ib. v. 10 ; and it is frequently repeated in the same book, of which it is the sum, the last time with a most solemn adjuration ; Ib. xxx. 19, 20. — ev Z\y xapBla sou xai sv 0X7) -vj/u^p gov, xat tv oX»j Ty fiiavoiq gov,1 with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Those who have copied or collated MSS., have for the most part treated the article with indifference ; but as far as can be gathered from MSS. lately collated, St Matthew introduced the article only in the last clause. In the Hebrew it is "pSO S331, q. d., and with all thy strength (et in omni validitate tua). The LXX. render it xal s% oXjjg rrtg Swdfieus ffou, and with all thy might. In St Mark it is, xai It, o\rjg rrtg diavoiag cou, xai c^ oX?jg rrt$ Icyyoc, gov, and with all thy mind and with all thy strength. In St Luke x. 27, it is xal
r5jj iGyJjog sou xui e% oX»js rye diavoiac sou, one Hebrew word, being expressed by two Greek ones. [sc. /'<J%L/OS, strength, and diavolas, mind, or understanding.^ Even the Hebrew accents3 distinguish this third clause from the two previous ones, which are closely united. They all form an epitasis,* with which St Matthew's introduction of the article only in the third clause agrees. John James Syrbius, Philos. primse, Part I., ch. i., § 1, thus expresses himself, — " Of ALL those things which are ever found in man, there are three fundamental principles, idea, desire, and emotion." ALL ought to be animated and governed by the love of God.
38. TIpurti, first) This commandment is not only the greatest in necessity, extent, and duration, but it is also the first in na ture, order, time, and evidence.
1 E. M. has lv O'AJJ rjj xetpbiet GOV, xcti \v fay r
TV ftlCtVOlCf ffOV. - (I. B.)
DZ. support the articles before x.etp$iei, and before ^luvoia. : the reading of B. is doubtful. Only inferior uncial MSS. A., etc., omit the articles. — ED.
2 istt — (i) subst. m. strength, force, from the root n«. No. 3, Deut. vi. 5, " And thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, with all thy mind, q-sa 'ssa*, and with all thy strength," i.e. in the highest degree. Gescnius. — (I. B.)
3 For some account of the Hebrew accents, see p. 132, f. n. 5.— (I B.)
4 See explanation of technical terms in Appendix— (I. B.)