peated 0fi>$ before vtxpuv, others after aXXa. — [y/tsT$ olv, ye there fore) viz. ye Sadducees, the doctrine of the resurrection is the primary one. — V. g.] — croXu greatly} An antithesis to this fol lows at ver. 34, not far [from the kingdom of God].
28. KaXw?, well) Admirably. The admirable character of Christ's teaching is often conspicuous, even to those who do not comprehend it wholly [in all its parts]. To this we are to refer ver. 32, x«Xw$, well.
29. Tlpurq vaaZv Ji/roXjj) This is a reading midway between extremes, and answers to ver. 28. The editions read T^WTJJ vaffuv ruv ivroXuv, and so the Syr. Vers., as also Greek MSS. : however, for <raffZ>v, Al. Byz. GehL Mosc. Wo. 1, 2, and many others, have Kavruv, though some of them retain iraeuv at ver. 28. Tavrwv has originated by an alliteration to [an assimilation of letters to those of] vrpurr,, and JvroX^, as in the same A 1. uxb KO.VTUV ruv evroXZiv in Lev. iv. 13, 27 [instead of the genuine reading, xaauv\, Furthermore evrohri, not ruv ivrokuv, is the reading of AL GehL, along with many MSS., and the same Nomin. case is defended by the Goth, and Lat. versions.1 — [«x.oi»£, hear} Even this word is a portion belonging to the first commandment. — V. g.] — Kvpus, the Lord) This is the foundation of the first commandment, nay, rather of all the commandments. The Subject of the proposition is, THE LORD our God : the Lord, I say (the God of all) ; the Predicate, = " is One (God)" [not as Engl. Vers., " The Lord our God is one Lord"] ; comp. ver. 32, in order that the proper name employed twice [Kup/o; — Kup/o?] may signify the two great revelations of Jehovah, of which the one embraced the Jewish people, the other the Gen tiles also ; comp. Ps. Ixxii. 18, where the proper name is put once, the appellative twice, " Jehovah God, the God of Israel" [Engl. Vers., The Lord God, the God of Israel'], the position of the accents being the same as occurs also in 1 Chron. xii. 18, Peace, peace be unto thee I From this unity of God it flows as a consequence, that we owe the whole of our love to Him alone.
1 Tisch. omits TTOLVT. or -Tra;. ruv ft/ro^uv, and reads only Sri •z-purY] tariv, with BL.A Memph. Lachra., Sri ^pury -^oivruv [SI/TOAIJ tariv\ with ACc Vulg. (save that c omits Tra.'jruv\ A omits iariv ; C reads tanv at/r»j. Therefore he brackets Iv-roAq tar lit). Dabc omit Sri, which is supported by AB Vulg. Dai also read Koivrav TTPVT-/;. — ED. and TKANSL.