τῷ κυρίῳ µου, KdBou® ἐκ δεξιῶν µου, ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς
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-souv ὑποπόδιον Ἰ τῶν ποδῶν σου.
κύριον: καὶ πόθεν vids αὐτοῦ ἐστι;
αὐτοῦ ἡδέως.
1 SABLA al. omit θεος.
37. Autos οὖν ὃ Δαβὶδ λέγει αὐτὸν
Καὶ ὁ πολὺς ὄχλος ἤκουεν
1 Omit this clause imported from νετ. 30, and found in ADE af,
}περισσοτερον in SQBLA 33.
4 Δαβιὸδ before εστιν in BDL.
6 καθισον in B (Trg., W.H., πιατρ.). 5 BLA omit ουν.
and with the full potency of that ‘all’’.—Ver. 32. καλῶς, ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείας: to be taken together = well indeed |---εἷς ἐστὶν: He is one (God understood, supplied in T.R.).—Ver. 33: the manner of loving God is stated by the scribe in yet another form of language: heart, understanding (συνέσεως), might.— "“περισσότερόν ἐστιν, etc., is more, far, than all the burnt offerings and the sacrifices (meat offerings) = the whole Levitical ritual. There is a ring of con- viction in the words. The varied expres- sion of the law of love to God (συνέσεως) also bears witness to sincerity and in- dependent thought. — ὁλοκαυτωμάτων (ὁλοκαυτόω, from ὅλος, καίω), here and
in Heb. x. 6, from Sept., for T} DY. —Ver.
34. νουνεχῶς, intelligently, as one who had a mind (of his own), and really thought what he said, a refreshing thing to meet with at any time, and especially there and then. Here only in N.T, = νουνεχόντως in classics.—od μακρὰν, not far ; near by insight into its nature (the ~ethical supreme), and in spirit—a sincere thinker.—avSels οὐκέτι, εἴο.: question- ‘ing given up because seen to be vain,
5 SS BLA omit γαρ. Ἰνποκατω in BD sah. cop, 5 αντου εστιν νιος in BL.
always ending either in the confusion or in the acquiescence of questioners (cf. Lk. xx. 40).
Vv. 35-37. David’s Son and David's Lord (Mt. xxii. 41-46, Lk. xx. 41-44). On the aim and import of this counter- question vide notes on Mt.—Ver. 35. ἀποκριθεὶς, διδάσκων ἐ.τ. i.: these two participles describe the circumstances under which the question was asked— addressed to silenced and disheartened opponents, and forming a part of the public instruction Jesus had been giving in the temple; a large body of people present.—Ver. 36. αὐτὸς A. Over against the dogma of the scribes, stated in ver. 35 as something well known (in Mt. Jesus asks for their opinion on the topic), is set the declaration of David himself, introduced without connecting particle. David, who ought to know better than the scribes.—év τῷ π. 7. 4.: especially when speaking, as they would all admit, by inspivation.—eimev, etc.: the quotation as given in T.R. exactly reproduces the Sept. The omission of ἆ before Κύριος in BD turns the latter into a proper name of God.—x«d@ov (κάθισον in B) is a late or “ popular ” form of the
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