ἀφήκαμεν … ἠκολουθήσαμεν. The aorists have their proper force, ‘left,’ ‘followed.’

τί ἄρα ἔσται ἡμῖν; Peter, still not perfect in the Spirit of Christ, suggests a lower motive for following Christ. The answer of Christ shews that all true sacrifice shall have its reward, but all that looks like sacrifice is not really such, therefore ‘Many that are first shall be last.’ Among the Twelve there was a Judas.

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