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limitation. The veil is not now on the face of Moses, or on his writings ; but on the reading , while they read Moses, and that too in such a way as not to admit Christ ; it is also upon their heart , ver. 15. — fjo'evet, iir\ ava.xa'kvrFrofjuvov) remains lying upon them, so that it is not indeed taken away [so that the veil is not even lifted off]. — or/, because it is not done away , save in Christ. [But Engl. Yer. u which veil is done away in Christ.”] — This is a statement introductory to the things which follow. — xarapysTrai, is abolished [done away]) the Old Testament ; comp, ver. 7, 11, 13. He does not say, has been abolished , but is being abolished in respect of those, that are about u to turn to the Lord.”
15. ’AXX’ s us, but until) But is opposed to the phrase is not taken away. — j?wxa) This is the only place, in which Paul uses this adverb. It seems to have readily occurred from his recent reading of the lxx., Ex. xxxiv. 33. — uvayivuxfxsrui Mwuo^c, Moses is read) and that too, studiously, without seeing Christ therein. The antithesis follows, but when it shall have turned to the Lord.
16. 'Hvixa av — rrzptaiptrrcu rb xccXu/a/aoc, but when the veil is
taken away) This is a paraphrase on Ex. xxxiv. 34, vjv/xa d'uv eidz'xopevero MwDo'tjs evocvn K vp/ov XaXefi avrcp rrtpiripzrro rb xu’kv/Afija. But when Moses went in before the Lord to speak to Him , the veil was taken away. Therefore ^v/xa, meaning not if but ivhen, evidently affirms, as in the preceding verse, and frequently in the lxx., Tjvtxa, lav, jjv/x a av, Gen. xxiv. 41, xxvii. 40 ; Ex. i. 10, xxxiv. 24 ; Lev. vi. 4, x. 9 ; Deut. xxv. 19. qvfxn d’ aV, Ex. xxxiii. 8, 22, xl. 36. — snigrps^y, shall be turned) namely their heart. The truth is acknowledged by repentance, 2 Tim. ii. 25. The method, not of disputation, but of conversion, is to be ap- plied to the Jews. — repos Kvpiov , to the Lord) Christ, ver. 14. A distinguished appellation, iv. 5. — rrepiaipsrra/) rrspiaipov^ai is pas- sive, Acts xxvii. 20, and in the lxx., Lev. iv. 31, 35 ; but middle very often in the lxx., and that too in the very passage to which Paul refers. The antithesis of ver. 15 and 16 shows, however, that here the signification is passive. The veil lies [xs/ra/, ver. 15] ; the veil is taken away. The present, is [that moment, and by that very fact] taken away , is emphatic [not as Engl, shall be taken away. ]