τὰ Ἱἱερὰ " ἐργαζόμενοι ἐκ”
13. 7 οὐκ ἃ οἴδατε
c ” 3 , c ~ τοῦ ἱεροῦ ἐσθίουσιν, οἱ τῷ
, a *Qucvagtyplw *mpocedpevovtes?® τῷ *Ouctactypiw "συμμερίζονται, 14. οὕτω καὶ 6 Κύριος "διέταξε τοῖς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον "καταγγέλλουσιν
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ἔπαρεδρ., N.T. Al.; cf. vii.
7 ... ν With dat., xvi.r; Tit. i.5; Mt. xi.1; Acts xxiii. 31, xxiv. 23, With inf., Lk. viii. 55; Acts xviii. 2, xxiv.23. With dat.and inf, thus, ει].
w See ii. 1. x Rom.
i. 17 and Heb. x. 31 (Hab. ii. 4); cf. Mt. iv. 4 (Deut. viii. 3).
Ίπινα εγκοπην (in this order): SABC 17, 46.
εκκοπην, ΝΤ; Tisch.
ενκοπην, BG; W.H., Nestle.
Στα εκ: NBD*G 46. Om. τα ACDbcKLP (Alex. and Syrian). SqapedSpevovres: all uncc, but ΜΜΕΚΙ.. ‘ou kexpynpart ovSeve: all uncc. but K.
(military term of later Gr., from évkémra, to cut into, break up, a road, so to hinder a march) lay (a) in the reproach of venality, as old as Socrates and the Sophists, attaching to the acceptance of remuneration by a wandering teacher, which his enemies desired to fasten on Paul (1 Thess. ii. 3 ff., 2 Cor. xi. 7 ff., xii. 13 ff.); and (0) in the fact that P. would have shackled his movements by taking wages from particular Churches (19), so giving them a lien upon his muinistra- tions. For the Hebraistic phrase ἐνκοπὴν δίδωµι ( = ἐνκόπτω), cf. xiv. 7, 2 Thess, i. δ.---τοῦ Χριστοῦ is always οὐ]. gen. after εὐαγγέλιον; see Rom. i. 2f., also μαρτύριον τ. Χριστοῦ, i. 6 above.
Vv. 13,14. After the personal “aside” of vv. 11 f., Paul returns to his main proof, deriving a further reason for the disputed ἐξουσία from the Temple service. ‘Do you not know ’’—you men of knowledge (cf. iii. 16)—Or of τὰ ἱερὰ ἐργαζόμενοι ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ ἐσθίουσιν; “that those em- ployed in the sacred offices eat what comes from the sacred place (the Temple) 2 ’—‘qui sacris operantur, ex sacrario edunt” (Cv.): see the rules ad hoc in Lev. vi. 8-vii. 38 and Num. xviii. 8-19. For ἐργάζομαι (of business, em- ployment), cf. iv. 12, Acts xvili. 3, etc.— “Those that are assiduous at the altar,’ qui altari assident (Bz.)—+.e., the priests engaged in the higher ritual functions— are distinguished from other Temple ministers; the position of Paul and his colleagues is analogous to that of these chief dignitaries.—wapeSpevw, to have one’s seat beside ; cf. εὐπάρεδρον, vii. 35. Ῥ. argues by analogy from the Jewish priest to the Christian minister in respect
of the claim to maintenance; we cannet infer from this an identity of function, any more than in the previous compari- son with “ the threshing ox ’’.—1. @&votag- τηρίῳ συνµερίζονται, “have their por- tion with the αἰίατ, z.e., share with it in the sacrifices—“altaris esse socios in dividendo victimas”’ (Bz.) ; parts of these were consumed in the altar-fire, and parts reserved for the priests (Lev. x. 12-15). Some refer the first half of ver. 13 to Gentile and the last to Israelite practice ; but “with the ΑΡ., τὸ ἱερὸν is only the sanctuary of the God of Israel, τὸ θυσιασ- τήριον only the altar on which sacrifice is made to Him” (Hf.): cf. Acts xxii. 17, etc., and the Gospels passim, as to ἱερόν; x. 18, as to θυσιαστήριον; cf. x. 1-12, for the use in this Ep. of Ο.Τ. analogies.—“ So also (in accordance with this precedent) did the Lord appoint for those that preach the good tidings to live of the good tidings.”—ék τ εὐαγγ in ver. 14 matches ἐκ τ ἱεροῦ, ver. 13; τοῖς .. »καταγγέλλουσιν,τοῖς . . . ἐργαζο- µένοις: cf. ἱερουργοῦντα τ. evayy. τ. Θεοῦ, Rom. xv. 16.—For the “ ordi- nance’’ of “the Lord” (sc. Jesus), see parls.; the allusion speaks for detailed knowledge of the. sayings of Jesus, on the part of writer and readers; cf. vii. το, xi. 23 ff., αΠἀ -Ποίες.-- διατάσσω, act., as in vii. 17, xi. 34; mid. in xvi. 1.— Cav ἐκ, of source of livelihood (ex quo quod evangelium predicant, Bz.), in cl. Gr. often ζῃν ἀπὸ (see parls.). For καταγγέλλω, see note on ii. I.