The Pulpit Commentary — Matthew — Volume 1 — Section 411

oonne1:ion with Isre.el seem to have contri- (omit "have," with Revised Version) re- buted to their being placed by tho Mishna oeived. Blessings of the kingdom, but between Jews and Gentiles (of. further, espeoie.lly authority e.nd power for this work Bchiirer, II. i. 5, aqq.). Enter ye not. A (ver. 1). l'reely give, All that is needed to slight turning away would sometimes bring carry that authority into efl'eot-whe.teve1 them to Gentile quarters ; but into a -Be.mo.- toil and energy in soul e.nd body the occasion rite.n town they would he.ve definitely and may demand. The clause comes in Mat- purposely to enter. Observe that our Lord thew only, but comp. Acts xx. 35. Ob- himself so far extended his own practice serve ~Christ's recognition of the tendency e.s not to refuse to take the opportunity of of human ne.tnre to traffic in the holiest preaching to a Samaritan woman when it things. Did Judas t.ake the warning e.t e.ll presented itself, and further followed up the to bee.rt? (For the thought, cf. Wisd. vii. work thus begun by continuing two days 13; Lev. xxv. 37, 38.) Freely. Gratui- in her village (John iv. 40). But the nature tously (llo,peiiv); comp. Rev. xxi. 6; xxii. of the exception proves the rule. 17; Rom. iii. 24 (on God's side); 2 Cor. xi. Ver. 6.-:But go, On your daily journey- 7; 2 Thess. iii. 8 (on man's aide). ing (11ope6ur8e, present). Bather, With Vera. 9, l0a.-Pe.re.llel passages: Mark conscious preference. To the lost sheep of vi. 8; Luke ix. 3 (the twelve); x. 4 (the the house of Israel. Thus also he describes seventy); of. e.leo onr Lord's referonce in his own mission (eh. xv, 24). The words Luke xxii, 35 to the mission of tho twelve, recall Jer. l. 6 (xxvii. 6, LXX.), "My people Provide; get you (Revieed Version, Antho- hath been lost sheep." Observe that ou:r rized Version margin). There is no connotn..- Lord implies a special relation of Israel to tion of foresight in the word itself, but only God (for the house ho.a its owner) which of acquisition, Observe that the apostles are was lacking in the case of all other nations. not forbidden to te.ke what they e.lread y Yet, their proper teachers having proved he.ve. Lightfoot, • Hor. Hebr.,' shows that fe.ithless, they were now as shepherdless as travellers ordino.rily took with them e. ate.ff, these (eh. ix. 36). Lost Notice here the e. purse, shoes, e. wallet, e.nd sometimes a. be.sis of the parable related in Luke xv. book of the Law. Neither gold, nor silver, 4-7; of. eh. xvili. 12, 13 (ver. 11 of the nor brass. The In-ass would be the copper Received Text is a gloss), where the term coinage of tbe Herods (examples e.re figured "wandering" is not so strong (Bengel). in Smith's 'Diet. of Bible,' ii. p. 413), which Ver. 7.-Pe.rallel po.see.gee: Luke ix. 2 alone might be struck by them; or some of (the twelve); x. 9 (the seventy; observe the Greek imperial coins, especially those that the substance of the proclamation was stmok at Antioch. The silver, either Greek to be the same). And as ye go. For you:r imperial tetre.dre.chms or Roman dene.rii of journey is not to one place, but many. e. quarter their weight, didre.chms having Pree.oh. Aloud and publioly. Baying, The fe.llen into disuse; only certain free cities kingdom of heaven is at hand. Tbe.t whioh were allowed to ooin silver. The gold, as men had so long been desiring (trida oh. iii. Palestine we.a e. subject province, must have 2; iv. 17) was now near. But had it not been coined e.t Rome, for she retained the come (oh. xii. 28; xi. 12)? Not in full coining of gold entirely in her own hands realizotion. But its near r.ialize.tion we.a (cf. Me.dden's •Coins.of the Jews,' pp. 107, then e. possibility, aud was only not brought 290, ft'., edit.1881; e.nd R. S. Poole, in Smith's about beoe.use, e.s a nation, they rejected 'Diot. of Bible,' 1.t111. "Money," "Stater;" him who introduced it. further, see ver. 29). In your pnrsea; lite- Ver. 8.-We have here the details of the rally, girdles, which in the East often serve orders summarized in ver. 1. The details e.s purses. This prohibition may have been e.re not given in Luke ix. 1, 2 or x. 9. Kee.I suggested by the last words of ver. 8, but the siok, eto. According to the true order can hardly refer to them. It seems to regcnd of these commands, solely physice.l ills e.re the journey only (cf. parollel passages). mentioned fust in their partial (sick) and Nor scrip; no wallet (Revised Version). At in their fine.I effect (dead); then physical the present time," e.ll shepherds have them, and ceremonial pollution (lepers), which e.nd they e.re the fe.rwer' a universal vade- forms e. tranei tion to the mention of ills meoum. They a.re merely tho skins of kids primarily spiritual, even though they ulti- stripped oft' whole, and tanned by e. very mately afl'eot the body (devils). On the simple process " (Thomson's 'Land 1111d good that might be expected from their the Book,' p. 345, edit. 1887, where e. picture performing these mire.oles, of. Thome.a Scott of one is given). But tl.rny might bo mad<1 (in Ford)," Men will never believe that we even of fish-skin (Mishna, 'Kelim,' xxiv. 11). reully intend the good of their souls, if they Beoe.use of 1 Sam. xvii. 40, e.n h11ggo.d11 says do not find the.t wo endee.vou:r to do them that David's money was st11mpo,l with e. good, disinterestedly, in temporal thinge staff and wallet on one side, l\nd a tower on (John iv. 15)," J!'reel;v (vide infra) ;ve he.ve the other (' B'resh. R.,' § 39, in Lovy, d.11,  4.08 THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW. [ou. x. 1-42.