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Χιλιάρχοις καὶ τοῖς πρώτοις τῆς Γαλιλαίας, 32. καὶ εἰσελθούσης τῆς θυγατρὸς αὐτῆς τῆς 1 Ἡρωδιάδος, καὶ ὀρχησαμένης, καὶ ἀρεσάσης 3 τῷ ᾿Ηρώδῃ καὶ τοῖς συνανακειµένοις, εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ὃ τῷ κορασίῳ,
“ Αἴτησόν µε ὃ ἐὰν θέλῃς, καὶ δώσω σοί
23. καὶ ὤμοσεν αὐτῇ,
““On ὃ édv* µε αἰτήσῃς, δώσω coi, ἕως ἡμίσους τῆς βασιλείας pou.”
24. Ἡ δὲδ ἐξελθοῦσα εἶπε Ἡ δὲ εἶπε, “Thy κεφαλὴν
τῇ μητρὶ αὐτῆς, “Ti αἰτήσομαι ;”
3 A a“ Ἰωάννου τοῦ Bawtierod.”7 25. Καὶ
k Rom. xii. εἰσελθοῦσα εὐθέως μετὰ Ἔ σπουδῆς πρὸς τὸν βασιλὲα, ἠτήσατο,
8. ᾳ Cor.
vii.11,12; M€youga, '' Θέλω ἵνα por δῷς ἐξ αὐτῆς ὃ ἐπὶ πίνακι τὴν κεφαλὴν
viii. 7, 8 a a) feb. Ἰωάννου τοῦ Βαπτιστοῦ.
16. Heb. σι ας. ο Pet“i:y 5:
Jude 3.
ἐπέταξεν ἐνεχθῆναι 1” τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ.
26. Καὶ περίλυπος γενόμενος 6 βασιλεύς, διὰ τοὺς ὅρκους καὶ τοὺς συνανακειµένους ) οὐκ ἠθέλησεν αὐτὴν ἀθετῆσαι.ῖὈ 27. καὶ εὐθέως ἀποοτείλας ὁ βασιλεὺς σπεκουλάτωρα 11
6 δὲ15 ἀπελθὼν ἄπε-
κεφάλισεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ, 28. καὶ ἤνεγκε τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ
Cpa , ‘ 2. ~ , 4 9 34. επι πινακι, και ἔδωκεν αύντην τῷ κορασίῳ ' και TO κοράσιον ἔδωκεν
1 For αντης της NBDLA have αντον (omitting της), adopted by W.H. contrary, Weiss thinks, to all history, all grammar, and the context (vide in Meyer).
2 For και αρεσ. BCL 33 have ηρεσεν.
Σο δε βασιλ. ειπεν in SBCLA 33.
4 BA have ο τι εαν, the most probable reading (W.H. text).
5 For η δε BLA 33 have και. 7 BamrifLovros in BLA.
° avakxetpevous in BCLA.
1 σπεκονλατορα in SABL al, 18 For ο δε BCLA have και.
and his guests.—t. κορασίῳ, to the girl, as in v. 41-2, not necessarily a child; the word was used familiarly like the Scotch word ‘‘lassie’”’; disapproved by Phryn., Ρ.73.--αἴτησόν µε . . . ὤμοσεν: promise first, followed by oath after a little interval, during which the girl naturally hesitated what to ask.—Ver. 23. Ἠἡμίσους, genitive of ἥμισυς, like ἡμίση (τὰ, plural), a late form = the half, of my kingdom: maudlin amorous generosity.—Ver. 24. She goes out to ask advice of her mother, implying that she had not previously got instructions as Matthew’s account suggests.—Ver. 25. εὖθὺς μετὰ σπουδῆς, without delay and with quick step, as of one whose heart was in the business. There had been no reluctance then on the girl’s part, no need for much educating to bring her to the point; vide remarks on προβιβασθεῖσα in Mt. xiv. δ. Her mother’s child.—étaurjs (supply Spas), on the spot, at once; request proffered with a cool pert impudence almost out-
5 αιτησωµαι in SABCDGLA 33. δεξαντης Sws por in SBCLA.
19 αθετ. αντην in SBCLA.
19 εγεγκαι in BCA (Τ.Ε. in DL).
doing the mother.—Ver. 26. περίλνπος γενόμενος: a concessive clause, καίπερ understood = and the king, though ex- ceedingly.sorry, yet, etc.—Spxovs: there might be more oaths than one (vide on Matthew), but the plural was sometimes used for a single oath. Schanz cites instances from Aeschylus and Xenophon. ---ἀθετῆσαι α., to slight her, by treating the oath and promise as a joke; a late word, used, in reference to persons, in the sense of breaking faith with (here only). Kypke renders the word here: ‘noluit fidem illi datam fallere,” citing instances from Diod., Polyb., and Sept. —Ver. 27. σπεκονλάτορα = speculator in Latin, literally a watcher, a military official of the empire who acted partly as courier, partly as a police officer, partly as an executioner ; illustrative citations in Wetstein. The word found its way into the Jewish language (here only).— Ver. 29 relates how the disciples of John buried the carcase of their master.—éy µνηµείῳ, inatomb. The phrase recalls
22-—33.
αὐτὴν τῇ μητρὶ αὐτῆς.