security, and conciliates attention. — vptTs, ye) Although the soldiers are left to their fear. — oTda, / knoiv) Thus the angel impresses his words on their heart.
G. O\IK sanv, x.r.X., He is not, etc.) This verse contains short clauses which are exceedingly appropriate to the subject matter. — 6 Kupioc, the Lord) A designation of honour.
7. E/Vare ro?s i^a^r^aTg avrov, x.r.X., say to His disciples, etc.) The apostles were especially bound to have believed before they saw ; therefore the fact is announced to them through the women, and their faith is thereby tried.1 — fr/sp^v, has been raised) The message to the disciples extends as far as " avrov o-^so^s, i.e. ye shall see Him;'' cf. ver. 10. — exeT, there) And yet the kind Saviour showed Himself to them before then. The appearance in Galilee was very solemn and public (see ver. 10, 16), and had been promised before the Lord's death.
8. Oo,Sou xal ^ctpag peydXris, with fear and great joy) These emotions can coexist in spiritual matters.
9.2 K«/ idou, and behold) An elegant expression, denoting something sudden and unforeseen. — o 'ijjcroDs, x.r.A., Jesus, etc.) The obedient receive a further revelation. — yjniptrt, all hail) A formula of frequent occurrence, which is employed by our Lord in a high and peculiar sense. — ay*aix6ni«Bif Air£, they worshipped Him) Before His passion, Jesus had been worshipped by strangers, rather than by His disciples.
10. To/s dfi«Xpo/g MOI-, to My brethren) See Gnomon on John xx. 17.
11. Tivi$, some) The rest went elsewhere, or at any rate not to the priests. — avavra, all things} From all these things they gathered that Jesus had risen.
12. ' Apyupia, ix.ot.va, money sufficient) i.e., to corrupt the
1 However, it was a pre-eminent honour conferred on these women, that our Lord appeared to them the first after His resurrection. — V. g.
2 The words immediately preceding, us — p afar at $ eti/rov, are no doubt expressed in the Germ. Vers., but the margin of both the Greek Editions prefers their omission. — E. B.
A supports the Rec. Text, in reading at the beginning of ver. 4, ag Is firopsi/oitTO «7r«yyf?XoK TO?? [Aot.QnTa'is O.VTOV. But BD Vulg. abc Memph. Syr. reject the words, which seem to me to have originated from a transcriber's accidental error in repeating the closing words of ver. 8 — a class of errors of frequent occurrence. — ED.