KX. τ —6.
τὸν ἀμπελῶνα αὐτοῦ.
ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ 2533 XX. 1. Ὁμοία γάρ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλ-΄α τῶν οὗὖρανῶν ἀνθρώπω οἰκοδεσπότῃ, ὅστις ἐξῆλθεν ἅμα πρωὶ µισθώσασθαι ἐργάτας eis 2. συµφωνήσας δὲ μετὰ τῶν ἐργατῶν "ἐκα Cf. oe ΧΧΝΙ. 7. "δηναρίου τὴν ἡμέραν, ἀπέστειλεν αὐτοὺς eis τὸν ἀμπελῶνα αὐτοῦ. Lk. xvi. 9 cts 1.1
3. Καὶ ἐξελθὼν περὶ τὴν] τρίτην ὥραν, εἶδεν ἄλλους ἑστῶτας évb Ch. xxvii.
τῇ ἀγορᾷ "ἀργούς: 4. κἀκείνοις ” εἶπεν, Ὑπάγετε καὶ ὑμεῖς eis τὸν ἀμπελῶνα, καὶ ὃ ἐὰν ᾖ δίκαιο δώσω ὑμῖν. 5. Πάλιν ὃ ἐξελθὼν περὶ ἕκτην καὶ ἐννάτην ὥραν ἐποίησεν ὡσαύτως.
46. Acts X. 0.
c Ch. xii. 36. 1 Tim. ν. 13. Titus i, 14.
ot δὲ ἀπῆλθον.
6. Περὶ δὲ τὴν ἑνδεκάτην ὥραν ἐξελθών, εὗρεν ἄλλους ἑστῶτας
ἀργούς,ὃ καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς, Τί ὧδε ἑστήκατε " ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ἀργοί ;
d Rom. viii. 36; x. 21.
1 την (T. R.), found in A, is omitted in BCD. 390 in CDLZ; και εκεινοις in NB and many others.
3 Se after παλιν in NCDL 33. 4 S8BDL omit wpav (Tisch., W.H.).
though admitting that there may be reference also to the self-complacent mood of Peter. The δὲ after πολλοὶ implies that this is the reference. It does not introduce a new subject, but a contrasted view of the same subject. The connection of thought is: self- sacrifice such as yours, Peter, has a great reward, but beware of self-com- placency, which may so vitiate the quality of service as to make one first in sacrifice last in the esteem of God.
CHAPTER XX. PARABLE OF THE Hours; Two Sons oF ZEBEDEE ; BuIND MAN AT JERICHO.
Vv. 1-16. Parable of the hours, peculiar to Mt., and, whatever its real connection as spoken by Jesus, to be interpreted in relation to its setting as here given, which is not impossible. The parable is brought in as illustrating the aphorism in xix. 30.—Ver. 1. ὁμοία yap etc.: yap points back to previous sentence about first-lasts and last-firsts. ---ἀνθ. oikod. : vide xiii. 52.- dpa πρωϊ: at early dawn (similar use of ἅμα in classics), at the beginning of the day, which was reckoned from six to δἱχ.---μισθώσασθαι : hiring has a prominent place in this parable, at the first, third, sixth, ninth, eleventh hour. Whyso many servants wanted that day? This feature obtains natural probability by conceiving that it is the season of grape-gathering, which must be done at the proper time and promptly; the more hands the better (Koetsveld, De Gelijk.).—Ver. 2. ἐκ δηναρίον: on the basis of a penny; the agreement sprang out of the offer, and acceptance, of a denarius as a day’s wage
BX omit δε (W.H. in brackets).
5 SSBDL omit αργους (Tisch., W.H.).
(so Meyer, Weiss, etc.).— Tv ἡμέραν = per diem, only a single day is contemplated in the parable.—Ver.3. tpirny &.: the article τὴν before τρίτην in T. R., omitted in W. H., is not necessary before an οτάϊπα].---ἑστῶτας ἐ. τ. Gy.: the market- place there as here, the place where masters and men met.—apyots (a and ἔργον), not = idle in habit, but unem- ployed and looking for work.—Ver. 4. καὶ ἡμεῖς: he had got a fair number of workers in the morning, but he is pleased to have more for an urgent piece of work. The expression has reference to the Master’s mood rather than to the men’s knowledge of what had taken place at the first hour.—6 ἐὰν δίκαιον : no bargain this time, only a promise of fair equitable dealing, will be just at least, give in proportion to length of service; privately intends to do more, or at least is that way inclined.—Ver. 5. ἐποίησεν ὡσαύτως: repetition of the action at sixth and ninth hours; more men still on similar footing.—Ver. 6. περὶ δὲ τὴν évSex.: the δὲ marks this final procedure as noteworthy. We begin to wonder at all this hiring, when we see it going on even at the last hour. Is the master a humorist hiring out of benevolence rather than from regard to the exigencies of the work? Some have thought so (Olshausen, Goebel, Koets- veld), and there seems good ground for the suggestion, though even this un- usual procedure may be made to appear probable by conceiving the master as anxious to finish the work on hand that day, in which case even an hour’s work from a sufficient number of willing hands