Ver. H.-.A peopk for his OlMI ~ - own poBBeeeion (>,.abv ..-,p,otlt1'1ov); only here tnr a peculiar peopk, A.V. Who gave him- in the New Testament, but frequent in the seU for us. The reeemhlimoo in thought LXX., coupled, as here, with >,.aos (Exod. Hild diction to l Tim. ii. 3 ~ hM been xix. 5; Deut. vii. 6..; xiv. 2; xxvi. 18), to 11,Jrend v pointed out. "Who gRVe himself" express the Hebrew n7~9 or ;,~~9 DJ!, a (f>s ;1,..;"o lo.trrov) is there expressed by d /io/,, people the peculiar property, or trensure, of ,au-rov, ,md "thRt he might redeem us" (fva God; "peouli,n" being derived from the >.,rrp,I,f1'T/-ra. 71µ0.s) by a.v-rUw.-pov mr,p ,..,L.,.,.,.v, Lntin pec,Jium, one's own private property, (For the great truths oonta.ined in the words reserve,! for one's own private use. The "who ge.ve him•elf," C"omp. John x. ~.l, 17, Authorized Version "peculiar" expresses 18; Gal. i. -l; Eph. v. 2, 25; I Pet. u. 24; the sense exactly, nnd the ..-,p,otlt1'1os of our HPb. ix. 14.) The voluntary offering of text and of the LXX., from whom it is himself is also implied in the office of our borrowed, is meant to define either that Lord as High Priest (H,·b. ix. 11-14). For special reserved portion of n man's pro- us (inr•p 71p.i;,v); °"' our behalf; 11ot ex11,c,tl~· perty over and above _what he spends ~ur t-ynonvmons with AvT1 '17µ~11, "in our stead." ordinary expenses, whtch nobody can in- Both • phrases, however, are used of our terfere with. or those jewels on which he redemption by Jesns Christ. '_\'e find u..-,p sets " specie.I value, and places safely in in Luke xxii 19, 20; John VI. 51 ; x. II, his treasury. In l Pet. ii. 10 >,.aor ,ls 'lr<p,- 15; xi. 50-52; xv. 13; xviii. 14; R,)m. v. ..-ol71 l1',v (" a peculiar people," Authorized li. 8; viii. 32; 1 Cor. v. 7; 2 Cor. v. 14, 15, Version) means the same thing, that being 21 ; Gal. i. 4; Eph. v. 2, 25; 1 These. iii. 10; the LXX. translation of the same Hebrew Heh. ii. 9; l Pet. ii. 21 ; iii. 18; iv. l ; I word, n~~c;,, in Mai. iii. 17 (" jewels," John iii. 16: and we find a.v.-1 in Matt. xx. Authorized· Version), "They shall be my 28 and Mark x. 45 and in av.-l>,.v.-pov, I Tim. reserved. portion or possession." The ap- ii. 6. The literal' meaning of 1,.,,.,,, is "in defence of" and h~nce generally "on be- plication of the phrase, >,.aov 'lr<p106G'iov, 0 descriptive in the Old Testament of half of," " for the good of." The prinw.ry Israel to the Church of Christ, is very in- idea of /i.,.,., is "standing opposite," and structive. The passage in 1 Pel ii 10 is hence it denotes "exchange," "price," exactly analogous, as is the phrase, "the "woith," "instead," etc. Redeem (>,.trrp,I,t1'71· Israel <'f God" (Gal. vi. 16). Zealous ((71>,.0,- .,.a,): as Luke xxiv. 21; I Pet. i. 18; _com- .,.11 ,); as Acts xxi. 20; xxii. 3; 1 Cor. xiv. mon in classical Greek. In the m.Jddle 12; Ga.I. i. H. From its special applica- voice, as I,ere, it means "to release by pay- tion to those who were zealous for tbe Law ment of a ransom ; " in the e.cti ve voice, " to of Moses it became the name of the sect or release on receipt of a ransom." In 1 Pet. party of the Zealots who play"'1. such a i. 18 the ransom price is stated, viz. " the terrible part in the Jewish war (see Luke preciou• blood of Christ;" as in Matt. xx. iv. 15). Cananite (Matt. x. 4; Mark m. :!8 it is "the life of the Son of man." The 18) is the Hebrew for Z71/',,C1>T'IJ•• Zeal for effect of this redemption is not merely good works is the indispensable mar~ of deliverance from the penalty of sin, but God's peculiar people, l.h~ 1ns~pe.rabl~ fr~1tof from its pown also, as appears by the the redemption and purification which 1s by following words : "a peculiar people, zee.l .. ua the blood of Jesus Christ (oomp. 1 Pet. i. 2). of good works." and by tl,e passage i'.1 St. Ver. 15. - &prove for rebuke, A.V. Peter above referred to. Purify (><a6ap,a-?J); A nthority (i'lr<Tll')'i; r) ; see 1 Tim. i. 1 and as very frequently in the ~ew Testament of above, oh. i. 3, "authoritative oommand- cleansing lepers, the outside of the platter, ment." Let no man despise thee (..-,pu/)po· etc., olearu;ing the Gentiles (_~cts x. J.', ), v,,.,...,); here only in the New Testa.men~; putting away all sin (2 Cor. vu. l), _cleans- u~ed in a different sense by the LXX. ID ing the Church (Eph. v. 26), pur~n;;- t~e Wisd. i. I but in the same sense as here in conscience ( Heh. ix. 14 ), etc. The ini,,uity just spoken of was a defilement; the redemp- 4 Maco. vi. 9, and also in clas•ioal Greek. In 1 Tim. iv. 12 and vi. 2 St. Paul URes tion from iniquity removed that de~lemen_t. the more common word, 1<aTaq>povl,.. The The blood of Jesus Cbr,st, the price pa1cl apostle thus winds up the preceding portion for the redemption, was tl,e instrument ?f of hill Epistle. cleansing (I John L 7, 9). A people for hill
HOMILETICS. Vera. 1-15.-Prcutic.al godliness the end of spirit'U,(],l doctrfM. The teaching of St. Paul soars very high in reijpect of the hidden things oi' God.. 'l'o none of the apostles were given more abundant revelations of heavenly mysteries. Caught up into the OR, D. 1-16,) THE EPISTLE TO TITUS. l9