self, put absolutely, as Luke viii. 20, Xsyovruv. — on, that) The point of view, by reason of which the inhabitants of the earth wonder at the beast : thus altogether, on, John ix. 8. — xai rtapzcrad) The ancient authorities, with the greatest agreement, have this reading : some, xai crdpzGnv. It is not so clear respecting M. and Pet . 3 only. See App. Crit. Ed. ii. on this passage. Erasmus himself, if he were alive, would, as I think, yield the victory to so many MSS., which are now accessible, and would wonder at his followers, who so super- stitiously preserve the readings formerly established by him with difficulty. When I deny, that the particle xa/Vs p is anywhere used by John, Wolf retorts, that not even the word nap'serai is used by John.1 2 But the two cases are dissimilar. For no idiomatic usage excludes the verb crapsGrai. The Hebrew usage, which John greatly follows, almost everywhere renders the particle although, by *1 or xai, ac- cording to Noldii Concord, pp. 292, 293, not by xatcrzp. Another argument is to be added, which plainly refutes the construction of Erasmus, xu'mzp ear tv. For all the passages of the New Testament teach, that xa toep is not construed with a verb, but with a parti- ciple : 2 Pet. i. 12 ; Heb. v. 8, vii. 5, xii. 17 ; and especially Phil, iii. 4. And thus oi e£co. Demosth ., Tavra g.vrjy.ovzvzrz prjDzvra, xatrrzp dvrzg o u dztvoi rods ddtxovvrag y,zyjVY]G()at. The same, "Ezacrov v/iZv, xairczp dxpi(3ug zihdra, o[iug vcro/jjvrjGai (3ovXo/j.at. The same, AzT fiz, xatcrzp ov (ptXoXoibopov dvra (pvczt, avrd rd dva.yxatdra.rcc ziwzTv crzpi avrov. Aris- totle, ’ AWd xa/crzp dvrog rotovrov rov napdvrog Xoyov, nztpurzov (3or)6z?v. Euripides, Kayui <? ixvovg.at, xa i yvvr) crzp olodfuag, T o7g dzoy.zvoiGtv dxpzXzTv, oTog rz d’ zT. Sophocles, Tivu>gxoj Gapug, K a'tcnp Gxorztv'og (that is, &v) rijv yz Gr\ v avhr\v ojaug. Dio7i, Ta rov Ttfisptov tpya, xalrrzp (Xiphilinus, xa/) yaXzrc&rara do^avra yzyovsvat, crapd rd Tatov — craprjvzyxav. Zosimus , Katcrzp z v rovrotg ovn rut Grparocrzdvj, crzpi tptXiag 0/j.ug zcrotovvro Xdyoug oi II zpffat. Julian, Katcrzp ravra rroXvrrpay^ovuv, r,bz?ro ro g.'zyzdog avrov rr,g dpzrris. But if any one affirms that xatnzp is construed also with a verb, let him prove it by examples, and those too in which crzp is not rrap'zXxov, as in Apollonius Rhodius, but signifies although . The nature of the particle does not permit it : for even the simple words, of which xairczp is compounded, namely xa/ (for although) less fre- quently, and <kzp (in Devarius), never take a verb joined with them.
1 AB7/ read xctl nrccozarut. Rec. Text, without old authority, reads xa/Vep tor tv. Vulg. omits the words. — E.
2 Since, the remarks which here follow belong not only to Criticism, but also to sacred Philology, I was unwilling to reject them, although they are inserted in the Apparatus. — E. B.