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27. Καὶ παράγοντι ἐκεῖθεν τῷ ᾿Ιησοῦ, ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ δύο ¢ Lk iv. 14. earls αλλη, η η 2 Ε 4 τυφλοί, κράζοντες καὶ λέγοντες, “> Ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς, vie? Δαβίδ. h Ch. xv.22;
’ , ar. jae a Died, A ων ας , \ , 28. ᾿Ελθόντι δὲ eis τὴν οἰκίαν, προσῆλθον αὐτῷ οἱ τυφλοί, καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς, “ Πιστεύετε ὅτι δύναμαι τοῦτο ποιῆσαι ;
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Ver. 24. Gvaxwpeite, retire! Hired mourners. distasteful to Jesus, who gladly avails Himself of this opportunity of dismissing them.—ov γὰρ ἀπέθανε: no need of you yet, for the maid (κοράσιον, dim. for κόρη, but = puella in late Greek) is not dead. A welcome word to naturalistic commentators, giving a plausible basis for the hypothesis of an apparent death or swoon (Schleier., Keim, etc.), not to be taken prosaically as meant to deny death. Yet Carr (C. G. T.) thinks it open to question whether it ought not to be taken literally, and doubtful whether κοιμᾶσθαι is ever used in a metaphorical sense in the N. T. or elsewhere. The derisive laughter of the crowd (κατεγέλων) is good evidence to the οοπίτατγ.---ἐξεβλήθη: not to be pressed as implying physical force, non vi et manibus, sed voce jussuque (Fritzsche); a tone and manner not to be resisted, the house therefore soon cleared of the noisy crowd.—Ver. 26, ἐξηλθεν ἡ ϕ., against the wish of Jesus, who did not desire raising the dead to be regarded as a part of His ordinary work. Perhaps that was why He said: ‘she sleepeth”’ (Weiss, L. J., Marcus-Evang.). ---τὴν γῆν ἐκείνην: Weiss thinks the ex- pression implies that the evangelist is a stranger to Palestine (Weiss-Meyer).
Vv. 27-31. Two blind men.—This miracle-narrative and the next
paratively colourless and uninteresting. They bring under notice two new types of disease, blindness and possession accompanied with dumbness. The interest in both cases, however, lies not so much in the cures as in the words spoken.—Ver. 27. tvuddol: blindness. common from limestone dust in the air and changing temperature.—vids A., Messianic appellation, first time ad- dressed to Jesus, a point of interest for the evangelist; not welcome to Jesus, who feared the awakening of false ex- pectations. Therefore He took no notice of them on the way to His house, whither He retired after the last incident.—Ver. 28. ἑλθόντι els τ. ο. προσἢλθον: they follow, and Jesus at last takes notice of them, asking if they have faith in His power. His previous conduct might throw doubt on His willingness, but that is dispelled by speaking to them.—vai: a prompt glad “tyes” is their answer.— Ver. 30. ἠνεῴχθησαν, a Hebraism. The Jews thought of blind eyes as shut, and of seeing eyes as ορεπ.--ἐνεβριμήθη, sternly enjoined (vide Mk. i. 43). The paraphrase of Euthy. Zig. gives a vivid idea of the meaning, “looked severely, contracting His eyebrows, and shaking His head at them, as they are wont to do who wish to make sure that secrets will be kept ”’.—Ver. 31. ἐν 6AnT. y. ἐκ. (vide remarks on ver. 26).