roDro vvv offrouv ex ruv offreuv /AOU, xa/ ffap^ g'x rr\c, ffapxos ftov. Aurv) x\q6r]ffsrai yvvq, on IK rou avdpb<; aur>j$ IX^p0?j. "Evsxev rovrov xaraXs/'-vJ/g/ avQpuffoe rov narspa, avrov xa/ rrtv pyre pa xa/ TpotfxoX- a/ r?j yuva/x/ aurou, xa/ g'tfovra/ o/ 56o g/g cdpxa //-/av. — 1% r^j auroD, x.r.X., o/ His flesh) Moses mentions &ones first, Paul j^^sA ; because it is the bones chiefly that support the natural structure, of which the former (Moses) is speaking ; but in the new creation [of which Paul is speaking], the flesh of Christ is more considered. Moreover, Moses speaks more fully ; Paul omits what does not so much belong to the subject in hand. It is not our bones and our flesh, but we, that are spiritually pro pagated from the humanity of Christ, which has flesh and bones.
31. KaraXsi-^sij shall leave) Ver. 30 presupposes a Protasis, viz. in regard to natural marriage, [to be supplied] out of Moses ; it expresses the Apodosis, viz. respecting the spiritual marriage ; now, in turn, vice versa, ver. 31 here expresses the Protasis, and allows the Apodosis to be supplied : comp. ver. 32, in the middle. Christ also, so to speak, left the Father, and was joined to the Church. — '/r^otf^coXXTj^o'sra/, shall be joined} by matrimonial unity. — g/'s ffapxa /A/av, shall pass into [shall be as] one flesh) not only as formerly, in respect of origin, but in respect of the new relation ship.
32. Ms/a, great) Paul felt more than those to whom he wrote could comprehend. It is not a marriage among men that is called a mystery^ ver. 33, but the union itself of Christ and the Church. [There are in all three kinds of duties which the Law prescribes to the husband, Exod. xxi. 1 0. The apostle had men tioned the two former in a spiritual sense, ver. 29 ; now the order would lead him to the third, of which that expression of Hosea is a summary, ii. 20 (see ver. 19 also), Thou shalt know the Lord. But the apostle suddenly breaks off. Minds of the rarest character and capacity are required? — V. g.]
33. nx^v, nevertheless) Paul, as it were forgetful of the mat ter in hand by reason of the noble character of the digression, returns now to his subject. — iva, that) Supply I will, or / wish, or
1 Or sacrament, as the Romanists argue from this passage. — ED.
2 To appreciate spiritually the third of the three duties, " food, raiment, the duty of marriage," requires a spiritual mind. A carnal mind cannot comprehend it save carnally. — Ei>.