to express specially the harmony of the building and the συμβιβαζόμενον its so- lidity; and by Ellicott, who thinks the idea of the former is that of the aggre- gation of the parts, and of the latter that of their inter-adaption. But at the most the difference does not seem to go beyond the notions of joining (ἁρμός = a joint) and compacting or making to coalesce.— διὰ πάσης ἁφῆς τῆς ἐπιχορηγίας : by means of every joint of the supply. Here the AV and the RV are in substantial agreement, the former giving “ by that which every joint supplieth”; the latter, “through that which every joint sup- plieth,"’ with the marginal rendering “through every joint of the supply”’. The Vulgate gives per omnem juncturam, The old English Versions vary, ¢.g., Wicl., “by each jointure of under serving " ; Tynd., ‘in every joint wherewith one ministereth to another”; Cov., “every joint of subministration ”; Gen., “ by every joint for the furniture thereof” ;
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κατ᾽ " ἐνέργειαν 1
σιν τοῦ σώματος “ ” ποιεῖται εἰς " οἰκοδομὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἐν ἀγάπῃ.
9 only. u Ver. 7 reff. v Acts ii. 6 reff.
ἕνεκα κ. κάλλους τῶν τοῦ σώματος αὐτοῦ μελῶν κ. μερῶν.
y Constr., Luke v. 33; Phil. i. 4; 1 Tim. ii. 1 al.
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ἐν " μέτρῳ " " ἑνὸς " ἑκάστου "μέρους ὃ τὴν * αὔξη- τ ΟΠ. { το,
iii. 7; Col.
w= Plat., Legg., vii., p. 705 E, ἐλαφρότητός τε x Col. ii. 19 only; 2 Macc. v. 16. z Ver. 12 reff.
1 κατ evepy. om. FG, d, e, f, g, Arm., Iren., Lucif., al.
2 ev perp. om. Καὶ 3, Arm.
3 For µερους, µελους AC 14, al., Vulg., Syr., Copt., Arm., al., Cyr., Chrys., Jer., Pel., al.; text S$ BDEFGLO?, ἢ, g, Syr.-P., Eth., Goth., Bas., Euth., Thdrt., Dam.,
Ir:, Luc., etc. 4rov σωμ. om. Κο
Bish., ‘“‘by every joint yielding nourish- ment”. The clause is one of much diffi- culty, especially asregards the ἁφῆς, The word occurs only twice in the NT, here and in Col. ii. το. The question is whether it means joint, contact, or sen- sation. In classical Greek it has a variety of meanings, e.g., towch (Aeschyl., Prom., 850), the sense of touch (Plato, Rep., 523 E), grasp (Plut., 2, 86 F), a junction or joint in the body (Arist., De Gen. et Corr., i., 8, 24), and also, it is contended, feeling (Plato, Locr., p. 100 D, E; Pol., vii., p. 523 E, etc.). In the present passage Chrys. and Theod. give it this last sense, αἴσθησις, feeling, perception ; and among others Mey. follows this, rendering the clause ‘‘by means of such sensation of the supply” and denying indeed that ἀφή ever has the sense of συναφή, vinculum. But it seems clear that in the passage in Aristotle referred to above and in others, (ορ, Απο, Qe Coclo, 1., 105 Plato, Axioch., p. 365 A) it has the sense of joining, juncture, joint, It is also clear that it has the sense of adhesion, contact (Arist., Metaphys., iv., 4, Χ., 3; Phys. Ausc., iv., 6; De Gen. et Corr., i., 6). The meaning indeed for which Mey. con- tends seems to have little or no foundation in ancient Greek use. The choice lies between the other two. The sense of contact is preferred by some (e.g., Oec., von Hofm.), the idea then being “ by means of every contact which serves for supplying,” or ‘‘ by means of every con- tact of each member of the body with the power which Christ supplies”. But most prefer the sense of “joint,’’ both because all the most ancient Versions understand the clause to have the members of the body and their relation one to another in view, and because in the parallel passage (Col. ii. το) ἀφῶν is coupled with συνδέσ- pov. If the sense of feeling is adopted the clause will naturally be attached to the following αὔξησιν , . . ποιεῖται, and