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denotes suffering from frequent pricking, which terminates in stupor. It is taken in a good sense, Acts ii. 37, and very often among ascetic writers. The Latins use similarly com - punctio , compunction. — eag, even unto ) A tacit limitation, 2 Cor. iii. 14.
9. rsvrjOijrw — a uruiv sig Kay/dct xai sig dripccv xai sig ifxdvdccXov xai
sig dvrutfodo/uu auroTg — avyxa/a^ov) Ps. lxix. 22, 23, LXX., ysvrr Qijru — avruv svdnriov avruv eig mayiba xa / eig dvrarrodotnv xai eig exdvbaXov. Let their — he made before their eyes into a snare , and for a recompence , and for an offence. — ouyxa^ov. — rparrs^a, a table) \rb&, Ps. lxix. 22, where, on comparing with it the pre- ceding verse, there is an allegory, i.e ., while they are carelessly taking their food, let them be taken themselves. — txdvdaXov, stumbling-block) It is taken in the more literal sense in this passage, to correspond with the synonyms, noose and instrument of capture (laqueus and captio) ; for cxdvbaXov is the moveable stick in a trap. It corresponds to in the above psalm.
There is a gradation : the noose (laqueus) catches a part, for example, the foot ; the instrument of capture ( captio , trap)
holds the whole ; the stumbling-block (scandalum) not only catches, but also hurts. — avra-ro^o^a, recompence) Their fault, therefore, not the absolute decree of God, was the mediating cause of their rejection.
10. IxorusQrirwGav. — avyxa^ov) They, who have their eyes darkened, and their back bent, are sure to stumble , ver. 11, and rush into a snare.
11. "E-rra/tfai') <rra/w is properly used for the stumbling of the feet. — Comp. J ames iii. 2, note. The physical propriety of the word crra/«, both respecting the foot and the tongue, is con- trasted with its 'moral signification. — iVa nets us i) that they should fall entirely, all of them, and that too without any hope of being lifted up again. A proverbial expression : they have fallen in some measure, ver. 22, but not utterly.— roTg edvstiv, to the Gentiles) We have here the article itself of the thing performed [j 7 tfwr. — roTg edv. By their fall has come the salvation which the Gentiles now enjoy], Acts xiii. 46, lo ! [and, Behold , ver. 22].
shall be taken away even that he hath” God gives to men, that which they choose for themselves. You fancy you have , I give you accordingly.
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