2—9.
χήρα καὶ "' μεμονωμένη " ἤλπικεν ἐπὶ
ὃ » Ν a a Ν Ny ce / ἢ 6 ς δὲ Ῥ εησεσιν και ταις προσευχαις νυκτος και ημερας . η ε΄ σπατα-
λῶσα ζῶσα τέθνηκεν. ὦσιν.
- , / et, τὴν "πίστιν Τ᾿“ ἤρνηται καὶ ἔστιν ἀπίστου χείρων. Σκαταλεγέσθω μὴ ἔλαττον ἐτῶν ἑξήκοντα γεγονυῖα, ἑνὸς ἀνδρὸς
q See 1 Tim. 1 3. τ Seer Tim. ΠΠ. 2. ii. 19. u Rom. xii. 17, 2 Cor. viii. 21. 2 Tim. ii. 12, 13, Tit. i. 16.
~ , 8. εἰ δέ τις τῶν "ἰδίων καὶ μάλιστα ® " οἰκείων οὐ “ προνο-
5 John i. 11, xiii. 1, Acts iv. 23. v Rev. ii. 13. x Here only, N.T.
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1 Θεὸν 2 καὶ ° προσμένει ταῖς πι Here
only, not LIKES: n See1 Tim.
7. καὶ ταῦτα ἃ παράγγελλε, ἵνα * ἀνεπίλημπτοι ἵν. το.
ο Wicd. ili. g, Acts xi, 23, Xili.43. 9. Χήρα Ρ Boas, ΧχΙ. 15, Ezek. xvi. 49, Jas.v.
ἘΣ t Gal. vi. 10, Eph. w 2 Tim. iii. 5, Tit. ii. 12, cf. also
lIns. τὸν ΝΕΑΡΚΙ,; om. τὸν ΟΕΡ. 2So sgcACKLP, d, e, f, m2s, 82, 110, vg.; Κύριον 3 65.
3 Ins. τῶν CDbcKLP.
4So NcACDcLP; προνοεῖται $Q*D*FGK, one cursive.
which favours the omission of the article here.
προσμένει: She is like Anna, νηστεί- ais καὶ δεήσεσιν λατρεύουσα νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν (Luke ii. 37). προσκαρτερεῖν is more usual in this connexion, e.g., Rom. ΠΡ το OGL αν. 5.
Ell. notes that Paul always has the order νυκτ. καὶ Hp. as here. Luke has also this order, with the acc., but ἡμ. καὶ νυκτ. with the gen. In Rev. the order is ἡμ.. καὶ νυκτός.
Ver. 6. σπαταλῶσα : The modern term fast, in which the notion of prodigality and wastefulness is more prominent than that of sensual indulgence, exactly ex- presses the significance of this word. The R.V., she that giveth herself to plea- sure, is Stronger than the A.V. A some- what darker force is given to it here by the associated verb in ver. 11, καταστρηνιά- σωσιν. The Vulg. is felicitous, Quae in delicits est, vivens mortua est. The ex- pression is more terse than in Rev. iii. 1, ‘* Thou hast a name that thou livest and thou art dead”. Cf. Rom. vii. το, 24, Eph. iv. 18. Wetstein quotes in illustration from Stobaeus (238), as de- scriptive of a poor man’s life of anxiety, πένης ἀποθανὼν φροντίδων ἀπηλλάγη, ζῶν γὰρ τέθνηκε.
Ver. 7. ταῦτα is best referred to ver. 4, with its implied injunctions to the younger generation to support their widows.
ἀνεπίλημπτοι: i.e., all Christians whom it concerns, not widows only.
Ver. 8, The Christian faith includes the law of love. The moral teaching of Christianity recognises the divine origin of all natural.and innocent human affec- tions. The unbeliever, 1.ε., the born heathen, possesses natural family affec-