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gparall.and τὰς 5 πρωτοκαθεδρίας ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς, 7. καὶ τοὺς ἀσπασμοὺς ἐν ταῖς ἀγοραῖς, καὶ καλεῖσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ῥαββί, ῥαββί 1: δ. ὑμεῖς δὲ μὴ κληθῆτε, ῥαββί : ets γάρ ἐστιν ὑμῶν 6 καθηγητής,
Lk. xi. 43.
ὁ Χριστός”:
πάντες δὲ ὑμεῖς ἀδελφοί ἐστε.
9. καὶ πατέρα μὴ
καλέσητε ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς" els γάρ ἐστιν ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν,ὲ 6 ἐν τοῖς b here only οὐρανοῖς.ά 1ο. μηδὲ κληθῆτε, "KaOnyntal: els γὰρ ὑμῶν ἐστιν 6
in N. T
καθηγητής,» 6 Χριστός.
1. ὁ δὲ µείζων ὑμῶν ἔσται ὑμῶν διάκονος.
12. ὅστις δὲ ὑψώσει ἑαυτόν, ταπεινωθήσεται' καὶ ὅστις ταπεινώσει
ἑαυτόν, ὑψωθήσεται.
13. “Οὐαὶ δὲ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι, ὑποκριταί, ὅτι a ‘ κατεσθίετε τὰς οἰκίας τῶν χηρῶν, Kal προφάσει μακρὰ προσευχό-
1 9 ΒΤ,ΔΣ omit the second ραββι.
2 BU, several cursives, have ο διδασκαλος instead of ο καθ. ο Χριστος, which
seems a gloss from ver. Το.
ἅνμων before ο πατηρ in RBZ 33.
* o ονρανιος for 9 ev τ. ουρανοις in NBL 33.
δοτι καθηγ. vp. εστιν εις in BDL 33.
Φυλ. points to the keeping of the law or to the use of these things as amulets to ward off harm. The former was doubt- less originally in view, but the super- stitious abuse would soon creep in. The word is the equivalent in Hellenistic
Greek for the Chaldee ρθω, prayers.
—Ver.6. πρωτοκλισίαν: with religious ostentation goes social vanity, love of the first place at feasts, and first seats (πρωτοκαθεδρίας) in synagogues; an insatiable hunger for prominence.—Ver. 7. τοὺς ἀσπασμοὺς, the (usual) saluta- tions, in themselves innocent courtesies, but coveted because offered in public places, and as demonstrations of respect. --ῥαββί, literally, my great one, like the French monsieur ; in Christ’s time a new title of honour for the Jewish doctors (vide Lightfoot, Ewald. Gesch. Christi, p. 305; Schiirer, ii., p. 315, who says the title came into use after the time of Christ).—Ver. 8. tpeis, you, emphatic: the Twelve, an earnest aside to them in especial (an interpolation by the evan- gelist, Weiss-Meyer), be not ye called Rabbi.—p.} κληθῆτε, ‘Do not seek to be called, if others call you this it will not be your fault”. Euthy. Zig.—Ver. 9. πατέρα = abba, another title of honour for the Rabbis (Schéttgen). The clause is to be translated: a father of you call not upon earth = do not pronounce this sacred name with reference to men. Vide Winer, § 64, 4, and cf. Heb. iii. 13.
—Ver. ro. καθηγηταί, kindred with ὁδηγοὶ (ver. 16), guides, leaders in thought, desiring abject discipleship
from followers. Gradatio: Rabbi, pater, ductor, Beng. The threefold counsel shows the intensely anti-prelatic spirit of Jesus. In spite of this earnest warn- ing the love of pre-eminence and leader- ship has prevailed in the Church to the detriment of independence, the sense of responsibility, and loyalty to God.— 6 Χριστός: in this place though not in ver. 8 a part of the true text, but possibly an addition by the evangelist (“a proof that Matthew here speaks, not Jesus,” H. C.).—Vv. 11, 12, repeat in substance the teaching of xx. 26: xvili. 4; worth repeating and by no means out of place here.
Vv. 13-31. The seven woes.—There are eight, if we count that in ver. 13 of T. R., but as this ver. is omitted in the best MSS. and appears to be a gloss from Mk. and Lk. I do not count it. Vide notes on Mk. xii. 40. These woes seem to be spoken directly to the scribes and Pharisees. Weiss regards this as a rhetorical apostrophe, the disciples being the real audience throughout.—Ver. 14. ὑποκριταί. Vide at vi.2. This epithet is applied to the scribes and Pharisees in each of the woes with terrific iteration. --κλείετε, ye shut the gates or the doors of the Kingdom of God, conceived as a city or palace. This the real effect of their action, not the ostensible. They