_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 17:1. AFTER SIX DAYS.—Within a week of Peter’s confession. St. Luke has “about an eight days after,” according to the common Jewish reckoning, by which each part of a day is counted as a day (_Carr_). AN HIGH MOUNTAIN.—Since the fourth century tradition has fixed on Mount T... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 17:15. LUNATICK.—_Epileptic_ (R.V.). “The child was a possessed epileptic lunatic.” Matthew 17:20. GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED.—See note on Matthew 13:31. The proverbial type of the infinitely little (_Plumptre_). YE SHALL SAY UNTO THIS MOUNTAIN, REMOVE HENCE.—Such expressions a... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 17:22. WHILE THEY ABODE.—See R.V. margin. While they were sojourning in Galilee on their way back—on their return from the northern parts about Cæsarea Philippi (_Morison_). Matthew 17:24. TRIBUTE MONEY (τὰ δίδραχμα)—“The double drachma;” a sum equal to two Attic drachmas,... [ Continue Reading ]