14, xxxiv. 29, 30. [F0u may readily perceive thai there follows upon secret communion with God a greater leaning on the part of men towards you. — V. g.] — -Trpoffrpi^ovTis, running up to) eagerly. — tffydfyvro, began saluting) with joy.
16. Avroi/i, them) This is not reciprocal in the present in stance, but is to be referred to the disciples, ver. 14.
17. E?;, one) Neither the Scribes nor the disciples were ven turing to speak.
18. KaraXa/3»j, he taketh him) The term [demoniacal] posses sion, seems too narrow to express the idea here.
20. 'ibuv) Others read Idbv, which is to be referred to wiv^a. Comp. Heupelii annot. on Mark, p. 230. 'l8&v remains the esta blished reading, i.e. the boy seeing Him, viz. Jesus : and the con struction is conveniently analysed and explained by Hyperbaton,1 and seeing Him and falling, etc. ; wherein the straightway, etc., interrupts the construction the less violently, inasmuch as it is all the same as if he were to say, forthwith he ivas torn by the spirit. A. similar figure of speech occurs, ch. iii. 17.
21. Kai, and) Jesus acted wisely, in interposing a delay.
22. To K\jp) This noun is without . a plural : otherwise, as uBara, so ^Dpa might have been said in this passage : but the place of the plural is supplied by the article. — iva aToXic^, that it might destroy) either because it was promising itself power even over the dead body of the possessed, or else lest it should be cast out by Jesus : for otherwise it would gladly have remained in a human body. It had not the power of itself to destroy a man without water or fire.
23. To, el d-jvaffou -/r/mDffa/, this (the), if thou canst believe) The expression of the man, if Thou canst do anything, ver. 22, is given back in reply to him. The father seems to have been offended at the disciples ; ver. 18, at the end. To is nominative, and stands in apposition with, If thou canst believe. The predi cate is the verb is, to be understood, as in Phil. i. 22. This, if thou canst believe, is the thing [the point at issue] : this is the question. — Tcarec, all things) in antithesis to anything, in if Thou
1 Words transposed contrary to the ordinary and natural construction : vjvt'yx.ot.v etinov (the boy) TTOOJ XVTOV (Jesus) ; x.etl fouv (the boy) OC.VTM (Jesus), iiiSia; TO KvvJp.ct, so-7r«c(e«|s> oii/rou (the boy) ; r,a.i Trtauu (the boy), etc — ED. and THANSL.