the former, any anniversary feast-day whatever ; for instance, the anniversary of entering on a kingdom. — ptyiaTaaiv, the great men} of the palace and of the court. — ^//./a^o/g, chief captains) of his soldiery. — ro?$ <rpu>roi$, the nobles) in provincial posts.
22. 'o /3a<r/Xsi)£ T(JJ xopariw, the king unto the damsel) An an tithesis.
25. MST-CC avovdJis) promptly. — 3eXw [I will] I wish) Boldness of speech.
27. Sfl-sxoiAarwfa, an executioner) This word is derived from " specula," a look-out, a watch-tower. The Speculatores exe cuted capital punishments : Sen. 1. 1, de ira, c. 16.
29. nrw/A«) So r6i3 of the prophet [Urijah], Jer. xxvi. 23, Lat. cadaver. The body of the Saviour is not so termed. — iv /Avriptlu, in a tomb) perhaps that of his father, in which it was natural for him to be laid, as his own. Jesus Christ, the Prince of Life, was laid in the sepulchre of another.
30. SvKayomx/, gather themselves) together. — o/ dcroVro/.o/, the apostles) an appropriate appellation in this place. — vrdxra, all things) The distribution of the all things follows, viz. both what — and what (oaa — xai offa). A most noble narration.
31. 'T/^iT; ai/™/, ye yourselves) also. Often the Saviour betook Himself alone to solitude : now He says, Do ye also seek soli tude [a desert place]. — oX/yov, a little tvhile) Solitude and inter course with others should be blended together by the godly. — rjffav, they were) They did not always come and go together.
33. Upo?)fi.dov, outwent [got before]) by various ways. — avvrfrOw, came together) in one place.
34. "Hp^aro, He began} afresh, as if He had not taught them previously. There is need of real compassion, to enable one to teach ; and compassion is the virtue of a good teacher.
35. rioXAJjg, far spent) Matth. xx. 1, etc.
36. Ki/x.Aw, in a circle round about) For there was not a suf ficiency of food for them in merely one or two of the adjoining districts and villages.
37. ' Ayopd,<foj/j,£v, are we to buy) The disciples intimate, by this question, that there is on their part no want of the will, both to give their exertion in going away, and their money, as much as they had, in buying what was needed ; but what is wanting is the ability to satisfy such a multitude. Therefore, in their