λόγον. ‘A question.’ The divine readiness and (if we may be allowed the expression) presence of mind of Jesus was most conspicuously shewn on this perilous day and the next day.

καὶ εἴπατέ μοι. We see from St Mark (Mark 11:30) that this emphatic expression came after His question—as though to hasten their delay, and break up a whispered colloquy of perplexity.

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Old Testament