employed with a particular reference.1 Thus the Forum is said to be tprifLov, when no judicial proceedings are being carried on in it.
39. Aeyu, I say) See Gnomon on Luke xiii. 35. — /3?jr£, ye shall see) sc. you, inhabitants of Jerusalem. Cf. Luke xiii. 35. — an apTij from the present time2) The short interval preceding our Lord's death (and that spent without the Temple3) is included in the present time [the ap ri of the text]. — tu$, until) sc. after a long interval. — s'l'vqrt, x.r.X., ye shall say, etc.) They would say so when reciting the Hallel4 at the Passover, but without ap plying the words to Jesus. That which is here foretold will actually come to pass at the appointed time, as in ch. xxi. 9 was performed that which had been predicted in Luke xiii. 35. Our Lord, however, does not add " again" although the people had shouted those words on the occasion recorded in Matt. xxi. 9. For neither had all joined in this acclamation to Him, nor had they who did so understood what they were saying, as Israel shall understand hereafter : and soon after they, as it were, retracted their acclamation. The first utterance of these words was less complete, the second will be worthy of the name.5 Cf. Gnomon on the omission of " again" in Acts i. 11. — gi/Xoy^alvo^ •/..r.'k., Blessed, etc.) With this verse concludes our Lord's public discourse to the Jews : with this verse will begin their repent ance.
1 i.e. To denote the absence of that which constituted the characteristic or excellence of the object under consideration.— (I. B.)
2 E. V. Henceforth— (I. B.)
3 Within which, and in reference to which, these words, ver. 38, were spoken. — ED.
4 " Lastly," says Hartwell Home, in describing the Jewish Passover, " a fourth cup of wine was filled, called the cup of the Hallel : over it they com pleted, either by singing or recitation, the great Hallel, or hymn of praise, consisting of Psalms cxv. to cxviii. inclusive, with a prayer, and so concluded." -(I. B.)
5 Sc. of an utterance or saying, dictio, referring to the words, " Ye shall say." Cf. in 1 Cor. xiv. 15, u I will sing with the spirit, and I will singvrith the understanding also." — (I. B.)