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πτωχοὶ ΄εὐαγγελίζονται : 6. καὶ µακάριός ἐστιν, ὃς ἐὰν] μὴ ἔσκανδα- { Heb. iv. 5
(passive a a A λισθῇ ἐν ἐμοί. 7. Τούτων δὲ πορευοµένων, ἤρέατο ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς κἰςο) : ΡΕ ο... Fi Ta > = g Ch. xiii. λέγειν τοῖς ὄχλοις περὶ ᾿Ιωάννου, “Ti ἐξήλθετε εἰς Thy ἔρημον 57; xxvi Β 5 ew ν Fs iy, : , < , 31. Mk. vi. θεάσασθαι ; κάλαμον ὑπὸ ἀνέμου | σαλευόμενον; 8. ἀλλὰ τί 3. Lk. vii
ἐξήλθετε ἰδεῖν; ἄνθρωπον ἐν μαλακοῖς ἱματίοις” ἠμφιεσμένον; with ἐν). id , ε a RA | A > a 3 a > a Jip et h. xii. ἰδού, ot τὰ μαλακὰ ’ φοροῦντες ἐν τοῖς οἴκοις τῶν βασιλέων εἰσίν 20 (Is. A A xlii. 3).
ϱ ἀλλὰ τί ἐξήλθετε ἰδεῖν; mpodytyy*; ναί, λέγω ὑμῖν, καὶ περισ- ἐν Hh
, / 2 6 2 4 Φ , ¢? , iCh. xxiv.
σότερον προφήτου’ 1Ο. οὗτος γάρ” ἐστι περὶ οὗ γέγραπται, Ιδού, 2ο, parall
Beas BY >» ν , a eb. xii
ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν µου πρὸ προσώπου σου, ὃς κατα- 27. jjJohn xix.s5.
1 αν in BD (W.H.).
Rom. xiii. 4. 1 Cor. xv. 49. Jas. ii. 3.
7 NBDZ omit ιµατιοις, which has come in from Lk. (vii 25).
598 omit εισιν.
4ΝΒΖ have προφητην ew forming “a 2nd question.
So Tisch. and W.H.
ΣΝΒΡΖ omit yap, which has been introduced to clear the sense which it rather
obscures.
the Twelve sent out to preach the king- dom. That, too, was characteristic of the movement, though not the character. istic intended, which is that the poor, the socially insignificant and neglected, are evangelised (passive, as in Heb. iv. 2). —vVer. 6. µακάριος (vide v. 3), possessed of rare felicity, The word implies that those who, on some ground or other, did not stumble over Jesus were very few. Even John not among them! On σκαν- δαλίζω vide ad. v.29. ἐν ἐμοί, in any- thing relating to my public ministry, as appearing inconsistent with my Messianic vocation.
Vv. 7-15. Fudgment of Fesus concern- ing the Baptist (Lk. vii. 24-30). Charac- teristically magnanimous, while letting it be seen that He is aware of John’s limits and defects. Ver. 7. τούτων δὲ πορ- ευοµένων : while John’s messengers were in the act of going, Jesus began at once, without any delay, to make a statement which He deemed necessary to prevent in- jurious inferences from the message of the Baptist; or the construction He had put on it as implying doubt regarding Himself.—rots ὄχλοις : the interrogation had taken place in presence of many. Jesus was always in a crowd, except when He took special steps to escape. The spectators had watched with interest what Jesus would say about the famous man. Therefore, more must be said; a careful opinion expressed.—ri ἐξήλθετε .. . θεάσασθαι: it might be taken for granted that most of them had been there. The catechetical method of stating His
opinion of John lively and impres- sive to such an audience. They had gone to see as well as hear and be bap- tised, curiosity plays a great part in popular religious movements.—xaAapov. Plenty of reeds to be seen. ‘What a vast space of time lies between the days of the Baptist and us! How have the times changed! Yet the stream flows in the old bed. Still gently blows the wind among the sighing reeds.” —Furrer, Wanderungen, 185. Many commenta- tors (Grot., Wet., Fritzsche, De W.) in- sist on taking καλ. literally = did ye go, etc., to see a reed, or the reeds on the Jordan banks shaken by the wind? This is flat and prosaic. Manifestly the indi- vidualised reed is a figure of an incon- stant, weak man; just enough in John’s present attitude to suggest such a thought, though not to justify it.—Ver. 8. ἀλλὰ assumes the negative answer to the previous question and elegantly connects with it the following = “ No; well, then, did you, εἰς, ? "—év μαλακοῖς, neuter, ἵματίοις not necessary : in preci- ous garments of any material, silk, woollen, linen; the fine garments sugges- tive of refinement, luxury, effeminacy. — ἰδοὺ of τ. µ. φοροῦντες: ἰδοὺ points to a well-known truth, serving the same pur- pose as δή here; those accustomed to wear, φορ., frequentative, as distinct from φέροντες, which would mean bearing without reference to habit.—otkxois τ. βασ., in palaces which courtiers frequent. Jesus knows their flexible, superfine ways well; how different from those of the