126 ΚΑΤΑ MATOAION mLk xl ται προσθεῖναι ἐπὶ τὴν ἡλικίαν αὐτοῦ ο ty x otk xii. 27 αὐξάνει *+ οὐ xoma,! οὐδὲ νήθει 1: over ot. μὼν ἐν πάσῃ τῇ δόξῃ αὐτοῦ περιεβάλετο ὡς ἓν τούτων.
h. xiv.
xii. 28. ee i. το of grass).
Ch. xiii. 26. Mk. iv. a8 (of grain). 1 ig iii. τα (of hay).
s Ch. viii. 26; xiv. 31; xvi. 8 Lk. xii.
1 ΝΒ have plurals (W.H.).
πῆχυν ἕνα; 28. καὶ περὶ
, ἐνδύματος τί μεριμνᾶτε; καταµάθετε τὰ "κρίνα τοῦ ἀγροῦ, πῶς
20. λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν, ὅτι οὐδὲ Σολο- 30. εἰ δὲ
Lk.xii.27 τὸν } χόρτον τοῦ ἀγροῦ, σήµερον ὄντα, καὶ αὔριον εἰς "κλίβανον 19 Lk. βαλλόμενον, ὁ Θεὸς οὕτως " ἀμφιέννυσιν, οὗ πολλῷ μᾶλλον ὑμᾶς, "ὀλιγόπιστοι; 31. μὴ οὖν µεριµνήσητε, λέγοντες, Τί φάγωµεν, ἢ
q here and Lk. xii. 28. τ Ch. xi. 8.
The singulars are a grammatical correction (κρινα
neut. pl. nom.) wholly unnecessary. The lilies are viewed singly.
Lutteroth helps us here by finding in the question of Jesus a reference to the growth of the human body from infancy’ to maturity. By that insensible process, accomplished through the aid of food, God#@ adds to every human body more than one cubit. ‘* How impossible for you to do what God has done without your thinking of it! And if He fed you during the period of growth, can you not trust Him now when you have ceased to grow?" Such is the thought of Jesus. Vv. 28-30, Lesson from the flowers. καταµάθετε, observe well that ye may learn thoroughly the lesson they teach. Here only in N.T., often in classics. Also in Sept., ¢.g., Gen. xxiv, 21: The man observed her (Rebekah), learnin her disposition from her ολη. | κρίνα, the lilium Persicum, Emperor's crown, according to Rosenmiller and Kuinoel; the red anemone, according to Furrer (Zscht. fir M. und R.) growing luxuriantly under thorn bushes. All flowers represented by the lily, said Euthy. Zig. long ago, and probably he is right. No need to discover a flower of rare berry! as the subject of remark. Jesus would have said the same thing of the snowdrop, the primrose, the blue or the ος After ἀγροῦ should come a pause. nsider these flowers! Then, after a few moments’ refiection: πῶς, not interrogative (Fritzsche), but ex- pressive of admiration ; ¢, doubtful whether the growth is ired as to height (Bengel), rapidity, or rate of mul- tiplication. Why refer to growth at all? Probably with tacit reference to question in ver. 27. Note the verbs in the plural (vide critical note) with a neuter nomi- native. The lilies are viewed individ- ually as living beings, almost as friends, and spoken of with affection (Winer, § 58, 3). The verb αὐξάνω in active voice is transitive in class., intransitive only in
later writers.—Kotiow, νήθονσιν: “il- lud virorum est, qui agrum colunt, hoc mulierum domisedarum "” (Rosenmiiller). The former verb seems to point to the toil whereby bread is earned, with back ward glance at the conditions of human growth ; the latter to the lighter work, whereby clothing, the new subject of remark, is prepared.—Ver. 29. ω δὲ : the speaker is conscious He makes a strong statement, but He means it.—ov8e, not even Solomon the pg es) ge most glorious of the kings of Israel, and on state occasions most gorgeously attired. ---ἓν τούτων: the lilies are in view, and one of them is singled out to vie with Solomon.—Ver. 30. εἰ δὲ τὸν xédproyv. Application, The beautiful flowers now lose their individuality, and are merged in the generic grass: mere weeds to be cut down and used as fuel. The natural sentiment of love for flowers is sacrificed for the ethical sentiment of love for man, aiming at convincing him of God's care.—«A(Bavoy (Attic κρίβανος, vide Lobeck, Phryn., 179), a round ey: of earthenware, narrow at top, hea to a fire within, dough spread on the sides; beautiful ni Fa σωμα thus used to prepare br rmen! ὀλιγόπιστοι: several times in Gospels, not in classics ; not reproachful but encouraging, as if bantering the careworn into faith. The difficulty is to get the careworn to con- sider these things. They have no eye for wild flowers, no ear for the song of birds. Not so Jesus. He had an in- tense delight in nature. Witness the sentiment, “Solomon in all his 94 applied to a wild flower! These golden words are valuable as revealing His genial poetic nature. They reflect also in an interesting way the holiday mood of the hour, up on the hill away from heat, and crowds, and human misery. Vv. 31-33. Renewed exhortation