l'l\ll to persona.I holiness that such a Pre- (ver. 28, note). Observe: business first, t:ence demanded. ThP. result of their being philanthropy second. thus aroused lay with themselves (John Ver. 34.-And, behold. The third of the, iii. 19; 2 Cor. ii. 16). (4) It would nlso stages (vers. 29, 32) in this incident that prove an important element in attracting were apparent to all. The whole oity; i.e. the attention both of the neighbouring dis- Khersa, from the pRrallel pass11ges (ver. 28, trict (~.g. Gadnra, ver. 28; of. parallel pas- note) ; all the city (Revised Version, though, Bage, Mark v. 20) and of all places to whioh a similar phrase is not altered in ver. 32); the news would oome. And when they 1rfura ii 1ro;\.,s. Not really less oomproben- were come out, they (Revised Version, and sive, but giving a less vivid representation· tJiey came out awl) went into the herd of (Re- of one united body than 811.71 ii ..-dll.u (M11rk vised Yersion omits" herd of") ewine; and, i. 33, and especially Luke viii. 89); of. behold, the whole herd of swine (Revised eh. iv. 23, 24, ,v /l;\.p rff ra;\.i;\.a{a, ,ls 8;\,.,,,,. V (•rsion omits "of swine") ran violently Ti/v %vpul.,,. Came out to meet J'esus (,ls (Revised Version, nuhed; emphatic; in the i,..-livT'll1W ..,; (Westcott and Hort margin, Greek it follows "behold") down a steep TouJ 'l'IO"ou). A distance of half a mile or- place (Revised Version, down the lteep, so would satisfy the expression. Tho true- KaTii "Tou KfYII/J.Vou) ; tride supra, ver. 28, note. reading, b..-d.,,.710"111 (also eh. uv. I ; John Into these&, and perished in the waters. And xii. 13), would seem to suggest the closest they that kept them (fed them, Revised proximity ( cf. Bishop Lightfoot on {m,v11.v- Version; oHi~ {JouKoV"TH). Those whose duty .,.1os, Col. ii. 14), while d..-dv'l'711T111 (eh. x.xv. 6; it was to drive the swine from place to place, Acts xxviii. 15; 1 These. iv. 17) connotes & that they might find food. Observe that the contrast to the place left. %vvdV'l'710"1v, again swine were •· fo.r" (ver. 30) from Jesus and (Textus Receptus here, and John xii. 13, D, the demoniacs, so that the swineherds need al.), emphasizes the thought of companion- not ha ..-e passed near the demoniacs' ship. And when they saw him, they besough1; dwelling. Also they were on the mountain, him that he would depart out of their coasts., and the demoniacs dwelt, as it seems, near from their border, (Revised Version). These- the road at the bottom (ver. 28, end). Fled. Gere.senes, vexed at the losa of wealth, felt, Doubtless in terror. And went their ways; like the demoniacs, that there was nothing and fflent away (Revised Version) ; d..-,;\.- in common between themselves and Jesus, fJov"TEs. "Ways" is in this passage probably bnt, unlike them, showed no consciousness- the old genitive singular (cf. • Bible Word- of sin. Without this he could do nothing Book,' e.,,.), Into the city. Kheraa (ver. 28, for them, so he grant.ed their request (eh, note). The addition in the parallel passages ix. 1). St. Peter also once bade Jeana of" and in the country (a.r/in•&.\.a.,, ,ls T~JI depart (Luke v. 8), but his reason, "-for I ,r&;\,iv Kal ,ls .-ovs d-ypo6s)" seems to primarily am a sinful man, 0 Lord," showed a heal't- refer to the news being carried also to those felt desire after the deepest union with him. men of the city who were at their daily labonr With the ungr11nted request of the man to- outside it. And told everything, and what remoin with Jesus, and his subsequent was befallen to the possessed of the devils ; preaching to these Gerasenea and othero- Revised Vel'Bion. them that fflere pom111sed (parallel passages), St. Matthew does not. tDith deuila. Matthew repeats the plural eoncem himself.
HOMILETICS. Vers. 1-4.-Departure from the mount of the Beatitude,. I. THE MULTlTUDEB, l. They followed him. The Lord came down from the mount; the great sermon wa& ended. The attraction or his presence continued; great multitudes followed him. He had taught them as One having authority; there was a strange, startling originality about his teaching; it was totally unlike anything that they had ever heard before. It appealed to their hearts ; it seemed to fill a want of which they had been more or _less conscious; it satisfied the cravings of their souls. .And so they followed him, anxious to hear more from his lips, to see more of his life, to know more of himself. There was a difference of character, a variety of motives; some were more deeply impressed tlian others, some were more perseveriug in their attachment to Christ than oth~rs were. But they all followed him. 2. It ia an ercample to us. We have all heard his words. we have rer.d them in the Scriptures; we have· heard his v0ice, if we are hie indeed, speaking to us in the depths of our heart. We must not forget what we have read and beard ; we must not allow our interest in his holy teaching to die away ; we must follow him, He confirmed his Word with signs following. lie manif.esood forth his. OH, vm. 1-34.] THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW, 331