3 2. "E/asXXoi/) Thus the Al. And. Pet. 3, the Cov. Areth. and also Uff. read s (jjiXkw : Er. from the comm, of Andreas, pzXkzi : Leices- trensis and eight others, and also Comp. Arab, s peWeg (a<zo8uvz?v being on this account changed into d^o/SaXAg/i/). This reading of the clause formerly did not displease me, d e,u eXXsg uko6ms?v, in this sense : Strengthen that which remains , which , unless you were here admonished , you were about to lose by spiritual death. There is a very similar
1 Trxpoi rov Hotrpos piov, from My Father) Jesus, when He was living on the
earth, somewhat more frequently said, My Father which is in heaven ; but now, simply, My Father ; for He Himself is set in the heaven with His Father — V. g.
3 Ver. 1. ovoptu, name) This (a “name ”) does not establish the corresponding reality ; ch. ii. 2 Y. g.
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phrase of Pllilo, r'ov rv\Z apsrijg (3/ov dvyjtxeiv ; also, rug -^v^ag rebuff/. And of Heraclitus in Philo, redvf)7ta/isv r'ov sxshuv filov. But that ex- pression of itself appears more philosophical than prophetical. The simple and genuine sentiment must be that, which the Latin imitates, the things which were about to die ;l 2 3 and so the A rmen. Copt. Syr.
3. Uuig- rroiav) Regard to its former character (“ how” it once stood) ought to defend the Church of Sardis, that the future hour, whatso- ever it shall be, may not be attended with calamity to it.
7. KAs/v) Hence the plural xAs ?g, ch. i. 18. — xa/' xAs/s/) The article og is contained in 6 avotyuv, and is to he understood from thence.
9. Tuv Xsyovruv) This depends upon r/vac, understood. — a-jrodg, ha) The same construction occurs, ch. xiii. 12, 16.
2 10. T ovg xaroixoZvrag Irri rr\g yijg) Thus the Septuagint often render, when in the Hebrew pNH W* is found: Isa. xxvi. 21, etc. But the word axrjvouv is used of the inhabitants of heaven, ch. xii. 12.
3 12. Naw) A recent error has Aaw.4 See App. on this passage, Ed. ii.
16. 5MsAAw 66 sfxsffai) This is a milder form of speech than if it were spstu <re. Ms A Aw makes a modal6 form of speech out of a cate- gorical. [He implies the denial which is about to take place , in the event of their continuing u lukewarm,” before His Father ; Ps. xvi. 4.
-v.g.]
17. "On A sysig) This on is not connected with the preceding words,
1 AC Vulg. h, Memph. Syr. read s^sAXov ; but B, yipsXKss. Rec. Text, with- out good authority, pctXhu. — E.
2 as, thee ) A most gracious exception in so great a temptation. — Y. g.
3 Bengel is silent, indeed, respecting the pillar, both here and in der Erkl. Offenb. (as S. R. Ernesti admonishes, Bibl. th. Noviss. T. T. p. 70S) ; but I think that it should not be concealed, that he endeavoured to illustrate the phrase in den lx. Reden, p. 155, sq., using these words : — Der Tempel Gottes ist, das Heiligthum Gottes. In demselben eine Saule abgeben, ist eine sehr grosse Ehre. Sie gehoret, ganz in jene Welt, und da ist eine immerwahrende Elire, denn er wird nicht mehr hinauskommen. So lang der Tempel selber steht, wird auch der Pfeiler darinn stehen. Wann einer in der Welt schon etwa viel zu bedeuten hat, ist ein General oder Gesandter, oder Staats-Minister, auf welchem ein Konigreich, als auf einer Saule, ruhet; so kann er uber eine Weile gesturzet und weggethan werden, dass man kaum weiss, wo er hingekommen ist. Aber ein Pfeiler in Gottes Tempel komnt nimmer hinaus. (Comp. Apoc. xxii. 5, end. See also Gal. ii. 9.) — E. B.
4 Viz. in the Elzev. Rec. Text of 1624. — E.
5 Yer. 14. vj dp% vj, the Beginning) Prov. viii. 22 ; Col. i. 18. — V. g.