8 See Appendix on Sermo Modalis.
in which their own on is inserted, on yX/upog el ; but with the follow- ing words, as the thing speaks for itself. Thus, ch. xviii. 7, followed by on — did, ro\)To. — cr Xo-joiog) A few read on rrXovinog. Such a use of the particle on, for quoting the language of any one, is of frequent occurrence, but not in the Apocalypse.1 See ch. v. 12, xviii. 7, etc. — neKXovrriKu) I have used my riches , and with my gold I have pro- vided for myself many things ; for instance, garments. So the Sep- tuagint, <7renXovrr)-/ict, Hos. xii. 8.
18. iXevu, I give counsel) But if the Superior Being in the meantime lays aside His power, that very fact may possibly be the mark of a mind the more estranged, as if the servant is rebuked by his Lord, and the Lord says, I advise you to take heed to yourself. We give advice even to friends , but not while we rebuke them. — 57 aitsyjjvr]) The Hebrew Piny is sometimes rendered in the Septuagint by u/fiyvvri. — xoWovp/ov) namely ayopu<rui, to buy , for the purpose of anointing. [This is the last thing. Riches with clothing precede. — Y. g.] Celsus speaks at large on eye-salve.
19. <X>/Xw) In the case of the Philadelphian Church, He (ver. 9) ijydffriff e ( esteemed it) : in the case of the Laodicean, He <p/\e? ( loves it). The former, with His judgment : the latter, with gratuitous af- fection [favour]. Comp. John xxi. 15, note. In each passage 2 ayccffcjiv implies something more than <pi\e?v. In the passage quoted from John, the spiritual tie of relationship is of more value than the judgment of Peter. Here, in the Apocalypse, it is a more blessed thing to flourish [be esteemed] in the judgment of the Lord, than to be chastised through mere gratuitous affection. — fyXojffov) Both fyffrbg, ver. 15, 16, and tyXog, are derived from £ew.
20. Tdoi) — , behold — ) The observation respecting retrograde order depends almost entirely upon this very increase of close approach, respecting which see Erkl. Off.