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24. Mas οὖν b Lk. ix. 4 . Acts χμ],
ὅστις ἀκούει µου τοὺς λόγους τούτους, καὶ ποιεῖ αὐτούς, ὁμοιώσω eee c . XXVL
αὐτὸν 3 ἀνδρὶ " φρονίµῳ, ὅστις ᾠκοδόμησε τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ
03 ἐπὶ τὴν 10. | Ch. xiii.
métpay* 25. καὶ κατέβη ἡ βροχὴ καὶ ἦλθον of ποταμοὶ καὶ 41. 1 John
11, 4.
a , , ἔπνευσαν οἱ ἄνεμοι, καὶ ‘ προσέπεσον τῇ οἰκίᾳ ἐκείνῃ, καὶ οὐκ ἔπεσε: e Ch. x. 16;
τεθεµελίωτο γὰρ ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν.
λόγους τούτους καὶ μὴ ποιῶν αὐτούς, ὁμοιωθήσεται ἀνδρὶ 5 μωρῷ,
in sense of beat against.
1 B omits τουτους, which is bracketed by W.H.
fallen out by homeeot.
27 NBZ have οµοιωθησεται for οµοιωσω αντον.
26. καὶ πᾶς 6 ἀκούων µου τοὺς
χχῖν. 45; XXV. 2, 4. Lk. xii. 42. io f here only g Ch. xxiii.17, 19; xxv. 2, 8.
It seems needed, and may have
So W.H.
3 avrov before την οικιαν in NNBCZYX, so giving the pronoun due emphasis—his
house.
tive, the exact words directly reported.— οὐδέποτε, never: at no point in that temarkable career when so many wonder- ful things were done in my name.— ἀποχωρεῖτε, etc.: an echo of Ps. vi. 9, and sentence of doom, like Matt. xxv. 41.
Vv. 24-27. Epilogue (Lk. vi. 47-49, which see for comparative exegesis). οὖν, νετ. 24, may be taken as referring to the whole discourse, not merely to vv. 21-23 (Tholuck and Achelis). Such a sublime utterance could only be the grand finale of a considerable discourse, or series of discourses. It is a fit ending of a body of teaching of unparalleled weight, dignity, and beauty. The τού- τους after λόγους (ver. 24), though omitted in B, therefore bracketed in W. H., is thoroughly appropriate. It may have fallen out through similar ending of three successive words, or have been omitted intentionally to make the statement following applicable to the whole of Christ’s teaching. Its omission weakens the oratorical power of the passage. It occurs in ver. 26.
Ver. 24. Mas Sorts. Were the read- ing ὁμοιώσω adopted, this would be a case either of attraction was for πάντα to agree with ὅστις (Fritzsche), or of a broken construction: nominative, with- out a verb corresponding, for rhetorical effect. (Meyer, vide Winer, § lxiii., 2, d.) ---ἀκούει, ποιεῖ: hearing and doing, both must go together ; vide James i. 22-25, for a commentary on this logion. “' Doing” points generally to reality, and what it means specifically depends on the nature of the saying. ‘‘ Blessed are the poor in spirit”’; doing in that case means being poor in spirit. To evangelic ears the word has a legai sound, but the doing Christ had in view meant the opposite
of legalism and Pharisaism,—épo.w6y- σεται: not at the judgment day (Meyer), but, either shall be assimilated by his own action (Weiss), or the future passive to be taken as a Gerund = comparandus est (Achelis).—¢povinw: perhaps the best rendering is ‘‘thoughtful”. The type of man meant considers well what he is about, and carefully adopts measures suited to his purpose. The undertaking on hand is building a house—a serious business—a house not being meant for show, or for the moment, but for a lasting home. A well-selected emblem of religion.—rhv πέτραν: the article used to denote not an individual rock, but a category—a rocky foundation.
Ver. 25. What follows shows his wisdom, justified by events which he had anticipated and provided for ; not abstract possibilities, but likely to happen every year—certain to happen now and then. Therefore the prudence displayed is not exceptional, but just ordinary common sense.—kal: observe the five καὶ in succession—an eloquent folysyndeton, as grammarians call it; note also the rhythm of the sentence in which the war of the elements is described: down came the rain, down rushed the rivers, blew the winds—sudden, fell, terrible.—pocé- πεσον, they fell upon that house; rain on root, river on foundation, wind on walls. And what happened? καὶ οὐκ ἔπεσεν. The elements fell on it, but it did not fall.—reBepeAlwro γὰρ: for a good reason, it was founded on the rock. The builder had seen to that.