was known as fu8dov (Luke iv. 17), or BéBdos (Luke xx. 42); never ypady, which was the term for a particular passage. See on Mark xii. 10.*
It seems to me, therefore, that the antithesis between the writings of Moses, superstitiously reverenced in the letter, and minutely and critically searched and expounded by the Jews, and the living words (pyjacw, see on Luke i. 87), is to be rec- ognized. This, however, need not exclude the other antith- esis between Moses and Jesus personally.
1-14. Compare Matt. xiv. 13-21; Mark vi. 30-44; Luke ix. 10-17. 1. The sea. See on Matt. iv. 18.
2. Multitude (dydos). See on i. 19.
Followed (jxodovIe). Imperfect tense, denoting not merely the following on this occasion, but generally.
Saw (éwpwv). Rev., beheld. See on i. 18. His miracles. Omit Ais. Render, as Rev., the signs. He did (ézro/ev). Imperfect, was doing, from time to time.
3. A mountain (70 dpos). Strictly, the mountain. The writer speaks as one familiar with the district.
He sat (€cdIn70). Imperfect: was sitting, when he saw the multitude approaching (ver. 5).
* Bishop Lightfoot (Commentary on Galatians iii. 22) urges with much force that this is invariably its meaning. The passages cited in opposition to this view by Professor Thayer (Lexicon of the New Testament), John vii. 38; x. 35; Rom. iv. 3; Gal. iii. 22; iv. 830; Jas. ii. 8; 1 Pet. ii. 6; 2 Pet. i. 20, do not appear to me to be conclusive ; on the contrary, several of them seem to make rather for Bishop Lightfoot’s view.