A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

Bengel, Johann Albrecht, 1687-1752 • SECTION 538

558 St Mark Xii. 30-38.

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30. Kappas, with all thy heart) Which lives and loves. — •^u%r,;, with all thy soul) which enjoys and relishes. — d/avo/ar, with all thy mind) which is that ever-continuing power which engages itself in thoughts, cvvssis is employed in ver. 33 ; in Luke x. 27, /V^ioj — diavolag.1 — }<syjjr>$, with all thy strength) the ability which carries into effect the volition throughout the whole body.

32. KaXuc,, excellently [well]) Construe with, Thou hast said : for His " saying well" is made to rest on the truth, SK al.rifaia;, as in Luke iv. 25 \J<K a^rrffias Xsyw, I say, resting on the truth, 11 I say of a truth"], sic sari -/.ai oux 'ianv aXXoc ^Xr/v auroD, there is One, and there is none other but He) There is One [or rather He is One"}, an absolute phraseology, is repeated from ver. 29, that is, from Moses' writings ; comp. Zech. xiv. 9. The subject, &sbs, God, is left to be supplied, by a striking euXdpsia of lan guage [reverent caution is needlessly repeating God's name], although many have inserted this very word, Gins, after Isri. See App. Grit. Ed. ii. on this passage.2

33. 'OAflxaurw/xarwi/, whole burnt-offerings) The most noble species of sacrifices. — ^uov&iv, victims in sacrifice) of which very many commandments treat.

34. Ou [taxpav £?, thou art not far) They therefore are far from the kingdom who have not vtic, intelligent perception? [Such, for instance, were they who were still clinging to sacrifices. — V. g.] Seeing that thou art not far from it, enter into the kingdom : otherwise it would have been better for thee to have been far off.

36. 'Auroc,) Himself.

37. noXi/c) The people, who were many [But Engl. Vers., " The common people."]

38. Auro?s, unto them) Especially to the disciples, Luke xx. 45. [/Sxicrsre, beware) lest ye incur the same condemnation, ver. 40. — V. g.] — ypa/^arsuv, the Scribes) An open accusation.

1 Tisch. omits ~bia.voi»g here in Mark, as perhaps interpolated by har monists from Luke, with DC, Cypr. 199, 213, 264. But AB Vulg. support it. — ED. and TRANSL.

2 AB Vulg. omit ©go?. "Dale and Rec. Text (which prefixes 6) insert &io; — ED. and TRANSL.

8 Referring to vovvt%u?, having intelligence, Th. vovv 'i-^ttv, to have intelli gence. — ED. and TRANSL.

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