heaven and earth, all men, and therefore Caesar himself. Yet nevertheless He hath made a wise distribution as regards His goods. On that account the less ought He to be defrauded of those things which He hath peculiarly reserved to Himself. — V. g.]
19. "E/pa-vJ/EY, wrote) The Sadducees, though sceptics, ac knowledged Moses to be the writer of the law. — Sri — hot) A rare phraseology ; comp. ch. v. 23.
22. 'E-~ra, seven) The fact of there being no seed left, even by the seventh, increases the plausibility of the question.
23. "OTO.V avaffruffi, when they shall rise again) viz. the brothers and the wife.
24. A/a ™D™, on this account) The particle strengthens the refutation : your very words betray your error, Lat. atqui. Ps. Ixvi (Ixv.) 19.
25. 'Ex vtxpZtv, out from the dead) The Ix, out from among, implies the new condition of the saints when they rise again out of the state of the dead, at the same time that it does not set aside the universality of the resurrection.
26 B//3Xw, the book) The volume of Moses is mentioned in this passage ; that of Isaiah in Luke iii. 4 ; that of the Pro phets, Acts vii. 42 ; that of the Psalms, Acts i. 20. — Mw<rew£, of Moses) concerning whom you have spoken, ver. 19. — ivi roZ fidrov, in the bush) A formula of quoting a section or division of Scripture, frequent with the Rabbins [Comp. Michaelis in der Einleitung, etc., T. i. p. m. 87.— E. B.] So Pliny, "Molybdae- nam in plumbo dicendam," i.e. in the chapter concerning lead [plumbus]. Furthermore, 6 jSciros is the measure, lath ; 6 or r\ jSdros (as 6 or r\ SAftns) not an unproductive bramble, but a valuable shrubbery [place of bushes], at least in Exodus. A noble image is derived from this, Deut. xxxiii. 16 [the good will of Him, that dwelt in the busJi],
27. Oix iffnv o Q^ vexpuv, aXXa ^uvruv) This is a reading mid way between the extremes.1 Starting from it, some have re-
1 The margin of Ed. 2 supports this reading, as also the Germ. Vers.^ although the larger Ed. does not approve of it. — E. B.
BDLA omit the 6 before 0ioj. A supports it, as does the Rec. Text. Orig. in different passages gives it differently. ABCDa&c Vulg. Orig. 8, 829 ; 4, 69 ; 341 omit the Seog, inserted in Rec. Text before fyvruv without any adequate authority. — ED. and TRANSL