Ὅμως τὰ 7 ἄψυχα "ϕφωνὴν "διδόντα, “etre ὃ αὐλὸς " εἴτε
xii. 42; 2 © Ki Odpa, ἐὰν ἆ διαστολὴν τοῖς *POdyyous ph 786, πῶς γνωσθήσεται
Macc. xv.
y Nt. Rules Wisd. xiii. 17, Xiv. 29.
z Mt. xxiv. 29; Isa. ΧΙΙ. 10. ηχω δι- : δουσα ϐθορυβον, Eurip., Hec., 1093. 8, xiv. 2, xv. 2; Gen. iv. 21, etc. 4); Wisd. xix. 18. 26.
x. 10; Jer. xii. 5. κ N.T. 41; Ps. Ixxx. 3.
Ισαλπιγξ φωνην, NAP.
a See iii. 22. d Rom. iii. 22, x. 12; Exod. viii. 23. f Mt. xi. 17, αυλ.; κιθαρ, Rev. xiv. 2; Isa. xxiii. 16. h Mt. xxiv. 31; Rev. i. το, viii. 13; Exod. xix. 16,19. See xv. 52. See note below.
Td αὐλούμενον ἢ τὸ ‘kOapilduevov; 8. καὶ γὰρ ἐὰν * ἄδηλον φωνὴν] "σάλπιγξ] "δῷ, τίς ὶ παρασκευάσεται eis πόλεμον; ο. οὕτω καὶ ὑμεῖς διὰ τῆς γλώσσης ἐὰν μὴ "εὔσημον λόγον * δῶτε, πῶς γνωσθήσεται τὸ λαλούμενον; ἔσεσθε γὰρ eis ' ἀέρα λαλοῦντες.
Ὁ Ν.Τ. hl. ; -λητης, Mt. ix. 23. c Rev. i. e Rom. x. 18 (Ps. xviii. g Lk. xi. 44. See ix, i 2 Cor. ix. 2 f.; Acts 1 See ix. 26.
So Tisch., W.H. txt., Nestle.
φΦων.σαλπ.: BDGKL. So Tr.; Al., W.H. marg., El.
—cf. Acts xix. 18, Matt. xi. 18 {., Mark i. 39, Luke xiii. 7.
§ 45. UTTERANCE USELESS WITHOUT CLEAR SENSE, xiv. 7-13. P. has just asked what the Cor. would think of him, if in their present need he came exhibit- ing his power as a speaker with Tongues, but without a word of prophetic inspira- tion or wise teaching to offer. Such speech would be a mockery to the hearers. This holds good of sound universally, when considered as a means of communication—in the case, ¢.g., of lifeless instruments, the flute and lyre with their modulated notes, or the mili- tary trumpet with its varied signals (7 f.) ; so with articulate speech, in its number- less dialects. To the instructed ear every syllable carries a meaning ; to the foreigner it is gibberish (το f.). Just as useless are the Tongues in the Church without in- terpretation (9, 12 f.).
Ver. 7. “Opws τὰ ἄψυχα, “Quin et inanima’’ (Cv.); as in Gal. iii. 15, the part. emphasises the word immediately following, not φωνὴν διδόντα (‘though giving sound”’) in contrast to ἐὰν δια- στολὴν .. « μὴ δῷ (so however Wr., Gm., Μτ., Sm.: ‘‘yet unless they give a dis- tinction, etc.””). The argument is α minori ad majus, from dead instruments to living speech: ‘‘ Yet even in the case of lifeless things (τὰ ἄψυχα, generic art.) when they give sound, unless they give a distinction in their notes’’ (so Hf., Ed., Gd., El.).—@dyyos denotes a measured, harmon ous sound, whether of voice (Rom. x. 18) or instrument; see Plato, Tim. δο ----διαστολὴ is teferred by Lidd., and by Ev. ad loc., to the pause between notes; by most others (after Plato, Phileb., 17C; cf. Oec. ad loc.) to the in- terval (= διάστηµα) or distinction of pitch; possibly (so Cv., El.) it includes
both in untechnical fashion—whatever in fact distinguishes the φθόγγοι.-- πῶς γνωσθήσεται κ.τ.λ. “How will that which is being piped or harped be dis- cerned ? ’’—how will the air be made out, if the notes run confusedly into one another? The double art., τὸ αὐλ. . . . τὸ κιθαρ., separates the two sorts of music. This comparison used applies to inarticulate Ὑλωσσολαλία, not to foreign languages.
Ver. 8. To the pipe and harp, adorn- ments of peace, P. adds for further illus- tration (καὶ γάρ) the warlike trumpet. This ruder instrument furnishes a stronger example: varied signals can be given by its simple note, provided there is an understanding between trumpeter and hearers; ‘‘unius tube cantus alius ad alia vocat milites”’ (Bg.). Without such agreement, or with a wavering, indistinct sound, the loudest blast utters nothing to purpose: ‘‘For if the trumpet also gives an uncertain voice, who will pre- pare for battle?’’ How disastrous, at the critical moment, to doubt whether the trumpet sounds Advance or Retreat!