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Eph. ii. 19. Heb.xi.13. here and
35. ἐπείνασα γάρ, καὶ
in vv. 38, 43 (Deut. xxii. 2. osh.ii.18.
udges xix. 18). Lk. i. 68, 78; vii. 16. Acts vii. 23. Jas.i. 27.
37. Τότε
38. πότε δέι
reference to have been to the heathen, brackets the words from οἱ εὐλογ. to κόσμου as of doubtful authenticity.~- Ver. 35. ἐπείνασα, ἐδίψησα, ξένος ἥμην: hungry, thirsty, a stranger. The claims created by these situations are universally recognised though often neglected; to respond to them is a duty of ‘common humanity ”.—ovuvnydayeré pe, ye received me (into your house) (cf. Judges xix. 18, —ovk ἔστιν avip συνάγων µε εἰς οἰκίαν] Meyer, Weiss, and others, with stricter adherence to the literal meaning of the word, render: ye gathered me into the bosom of your family; Fritzsche: ye admitted me to your table (‘simul con- vivio adhibuistis’’).—Ver. 36. yupvas, ἠσθένησα, ἐν φΦυλακῇ: deeper degrees of misery demanding higher degrees of charity ; naked = ill clad, relief more costly than in case of hunger or thirst ; sick, calling for sympathy prompting to visits of succour or consolation; in prison, a situation at once discreditable and repulsive, demanding the highest measure of love in one who visits the prisoner, the temptation being strong to be ashamed of one viewed as a criminal, and to shrink from his cell, too often dark and Ιοαίῃεοπια.---ἐπεσκέψασθέ µε, this verb is often used in the O. T. and N. Τ. in the sense of gracious visitation
on the part of God (for Ἴρ8 in Sept.)
(vide Lk. i. 78, and the noun ἐπισκοπή in Lk. xix. 44).—Ver. 37. κύριε: not necessarily spoken by disciples supposed to know or believe in Jesus (Weiss). The title fits the judicial dignity of the person addressed by whomsoever used. In disclaiming the praise accorded, those who call the Judge κύριος virtually deny personal acquaintance with Him.—‘er. 40 ἐφ᾽ ὅσον, in so far as = καθ’ ὅσον
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