WEDNESDAY, NISAN 12. THE APPROACH OF THE PASSOVER. JESUS AGAIN FORETELLS HIS DEATH. THE SANHEDRIN MEET Mark 14:1-2; Luke 22:1-2 Cp. John 11:55-57, where we read that ‘the chief priests and Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might ta... [ Continue Reading ]
ΜΕΤᾺ ΔΎΟ ἩΜΈΡΑΣ. According to the Jewish reckoning, any length of time including part of two days. ΤῸ ΠΆΣΧΑ. (1) The _word_ is interesting in its (_a_) Hebrew, (_b_) Greek, and (_c_) English form. (_a_) The Hebrew _pesach_ is from a root meaning ‘to leap over,’ and, figuratively, to ‘save,’ ‘shew me... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΑῚ ΟἹ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΙ͂Σ, omitted with all the best MSS. Insertion from Mark and Luke. 3. ΟἹ�.Τ.Λ. i.e. the Sanhedrin, the supreme council, legislative and administrative, of the Jewish people. Sanhedrin is strictly a plural form, the old poetical plural termination, _-in_ having become the ordinary form... [ Continue Reading ]
ἽΝΑ ΔΌΛΩΙ Κ.Τ.Λ. It was no longer possible (1) to entrap Him by argument (Matthew 22:46); (2) to discredit Him with the Roman government (Matthew 22:22); or (3) to take Him by force.... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΝ ΤΗ͂Ι ἙΟΡΤΗ͂Ι. During the feast, including the Passover and the seven days of unleavened bread. ἽΝΑ ΜῊ ΘΌΡΥΒΟΣ Κ.Τ.Λ. The great danger at the time of the Passover, when the people, numbering hundreds of thousands, filled the city and encamped in tents outside the walls like a vast army. At a Pass... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤΟΥ͂ ΛΕΠΡΟΥ͂. i.e. he had been a leper. St John, in the parallel passage, says ‘they made him a supper, and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.’ Nothing further is known of Simon. He was evidently a disciple of Jesus and probably a near friend of Lazarus and hi... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FEAST IN THE HOUSE OF SIMON THE LEPER Mark 14:3-9; John 12:1-8 St John’s narrative places this incident on the evening of the Sabbath—the last Sabbath spent by Jesus on earth—before the triumphal entry. St Matthew has here disregarded the strictly chronological order. A comparison with St Mark... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΟΛΥΤΊΜΟΥ for βαρυτίμου, which has the support of B, but the evidence for πολυτ. is very strong. 7. ἈΛΆΒΑΣΤΡΟΝ Κ.Τ.Λ. ἀλάβαστρον μύρου νάρδου πιστικῆς πολυτελοῦς (Mark). λίτραν μύρου νάρδου πιστικῆς πολυτίμου (John). The ‘alabaster box’ was ‘a flask of fragrant oil;’ the special kind of ointment na... [ Continue Reading ]
ἨΓΑΝΆΚΤΗΣΑΝ. ‘There were some that had indignation’ (Mark); ‘Then said one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot’ (John). Ἡ�. Cp. Polyb. VI. 59. 5, πρὸς τὴν�, where ἀπώλ, is opposed to ἡ τήρησις.... [ Continue Reading ]
The weight of evidence is against τὸ μύρον after τοῦτο.... [ Continue Reading ]
ΓΝΟῪΣ ΔῈ Ὁ ἸΗΣΟΥ͂Σ. The murmurings had been whispered at first. St Mark says, ‘had indignation _within themselves_, and said, &c.’ ἜΡΓΟΝ ΚΑΛΌΝ. A noble and beautiful work, denoting a delicate and refined sense of the fitness of things, which was lacking to the blunter perception of the rest. The L... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΡῸΣ ΤῸ Κ.Τ.Λ. For this use of perfumes cp. 2 Chronicles 16:14, ‘They laid him (Asa) in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries’ art.’... [ Continue Reading ]
ΕἸΣ ΜΝΗΜΌΣΥΝΟΝ qualifies λαληθήσεται (not ἐποίησεν) as a final or consecutive clause. So either (1) ‘to be a record or memorial of her’—something by which she will be remembered. Cp. Hdt. II. 135, τοῦτο�. Or (2) with a sacrificial sense, ‘for her memorial offering,’ a meaning which μνημόσυνον bears... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TREACHERY OF JUDAS Mark 14:10-11; Luke 22:3-6 St Mark, like St Matthew, connects the treachery of Judas with the scene in Simon’s house. His worldly hopes fell altogether at the thought of ‘burial.’ It is a striking juxtaposition: as Mary’s is the highest deed of loving and clear-sighted faith,... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚἈΓΏ. Here the form of the sentence is probably an example of colloquial simplicity, but the use of καὶ where in classical Greek the sentences would be joined by a consecutive (ὥστε) or final (ἵνα, ὅπως) particle, is a mark of Hebrew influence. Such sentences are connected by coordinate particles, a... [ Continue Reading ]
ΕΥ̓ΚΑΙΡΊΑΝ. See Lob. _Phryn._ 126. εὐκαιρία is admitted as a classical word, but the verb εὐκαιρεῖν is rejected. προκόπτειν and προκοπὴ are an instance of the reverse. Cp. Cic. _de Offic._ I. 40, ‘Tempus actionis opportunum Græce εὐκαιρία, Latine appellatur _occasio_.’... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤΗ͂Ι ΔῈ ΠΡΏΤΗΙ Κ.Τ.Λ. This was the 14th of Nisan, which commenced after sunset on the 13th; it was also called the preparation (παρασκευή) of the passover. The feast of unleavened bread followed the passover, and lasted seven days, from the 15th to the 21st of Nisan. Hence the two feasts are sometim... [ Continue Reading ]
PREPARATIONS FOR THE LAST SUPPER Mark 14:12-16; Luke 22:7-13 Nisan 13—from the sunset of Wednesday to the sunset of Thursday—Jesus seems to have passed in retirement; no events are recorded.... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΡῸΣ ΤῸΝ ΔΕΙ͂ΝΑ. ‘To a certain man’ (one who is known, but not named), with whom the arrangements had been previously made. He was doubtless a follower of Jesus. It was usual for the inhabitants of Jerusalem to lend guestchambers to the strangers who came to the feast, and no other payment was accep... [ Continue Reading ]
ἈΝΈΚΕΙΤΟ Κ.Τ.Λ. Reclined with the Twelve. ἀνακεῖσθαι in this sense is late for the classical κατακεῖσθαι. This posture had not only become customary at ordinary meals, but was especially enjoined in the passover ritual. The Paschal ceremonial, so far as it bears on the Gospel narrative, may be descr... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LAST SUPPER Mark 14:17-26; Luke 22:14-38, where the dispute as to who should be the greatest is recorded, and the warning to Peter related as happening before Jesus departed for the Mount of Olives. St John omits the institution of the Eucharist, but relates the washing of the disciples’ feet b... [ Continue Reading ]
ΛΥΠΟΎΜΕΝΟΙ ΣΦΌΔΡΑ. St John (John 13:22) has the graphic words Ἔβλεπον οὖν εἰς�. It is this moment of intense and painful emotion which Leonardo da Vinci has interpreted by his immortal picture, so true to the spirit of this scene, so unlike the external reality of it.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ὁ ἘΜΒΆΨΑΣ ΜΕΤʼ ἘΜΟΥ͂ Κ.Τ.Λ. John 13:26, Ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν ᾦ ἐγὼ βάψω τὸ ψωμίον καὶ δώσω αἠτῷ; here we have the words of the disciple who heard the reply of Jesus, which was probably whispered and not heard by the rest. Ὁ ἘΜΒΆΨΑΣ … ἘΝ ΤΩ͂Ι ΤΡΥΒΛΊΩΙ ΤῊΝ ΧΕΙ͂ΡΑ. i.e. in the _charoseth_, see above, Matthew... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΑΛῸΝ ἮΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ι Κ.Τ.Λ. A familiar phrase in the Rabbinical Schools, used here with awful depth of certainty. The omission of ἂν makes the expression more emphatic. The condition is unfulfilled, but assuredly it would have been well if it had been fulfilled. In later Greek the tendency to this omiss... [ Continue Reading ]
ΣῪ ΕἾΠΑΣ. This is a formula of assent both in Hebrew and Greek, and is still used in Palestine in that sense. These words seem also to have been spoken in a low voice inaudible to the rest. The special mention of Judas is omitted by St Mark and St Luke.... [ Continue Reading ]
ἌΡΤΟΝ for τὸν ἄρτον on very strong evidence, though the article is found in A and several other uncials. The evidence is more evenly divided between ποτήριον and τὸ ποτήριον (Matthew 26:27). The former has the support, among others, of א and B. 26. For ἐδίδου … καὶ the true reading is δούς. 26. ΤΟΥ... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΟΤΉΡΙΟΝ. See note Matthew 26:20 (_e_).... [ Continue Reading ]
Tischendorf omits καινῆς with אBLZ, but it has the testimony of ACD and other uncials. 28. ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ ΓΆΡ Κ.Τ.Λ. The blood of the sacrifice was the seal and assurance of the old covenant, so wine, which is the blood of Christ once shed, is the seal of the new covenant. The thought of shedding of blood... [ Continue Reading ]
ὍΤΑΝ ΑΥ̓ΤῸ ΠΊΝΩ Κ.Τ.Λ. The reference is to the feast, which is a symbol of the glorified life, cp. Luke 22:30. The new wine signifies the new higher existence (ch. Matthew 9:17), which Christ would share with his Saints. The expression may also symbolize the Christian as distinguished from the Jewis... [ Continue Reading ]
ὙΜΝΉΣΑΝΤΕΣ. ‘Having chanted’ the second part of the _hallel_. See note on Matthew 26:20 (_f_).... [ Continue Reading ]
ΓΈΓΡΑΠΤΑΙ. See note ch. Matthew 2:5. ΠΑΤΆΞΩ Κ.Τ.Λ. Zechariah 13:7. The words do not literally follow the Hebrew. Both Hebrew and LXX. have imperative for future. The difference in form is as slight in Hebrew as in Greek (πατάξω, πάταξον). The context describes the purification of Jerusalem in the l... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL SHALL BE OFFENDED Mark 14:27-31; Luke 22:31-34. Cp. John 13:36-38; John 16:32... [ Continue Reading ]
The expression, προάξω, lit., ‘I will lead you as a shepherd,’ falls in with the thought of the quotation.... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΡῚΝ�.Τ.Λ. ‘This day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice’ (Mark). A curious difficulty has been raised here from the fact that it was unlawful for Jews to keep fowls in the Holy City. Such rules, however, could not be applied to the Romans.... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚἊΝ ΔΈΗΙ ΜΕ Κ.Τ.Λ. Accurately, ‘Even if I shall be obliged to die with thee.’ σὺν denotes the closest possible union. Contrast σὺν σοὶ� with γρηγορῆσαι μετʼ ἐμοῦ (Matthew 26:38). He who swore to die by the side of (σὺν) Christ could not even watch in his company (μετά).... [ Continue Reading ]
ΓΕΘΣΗΜΑΝΕΊ = ‘the oil press;’ πέραν τοῦ χειμάρρου τῶν Κέδρων ὅπου ἦν κῆπος (John 18:1), ΧΩΡΊΟΝ is an enclosed place or garden, answering to κῆπος.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE Mark 14:32-42; Luke 22:39-46; John 18:1 In St Luke’s account Matthew 26:43-44 are peculiar to his Gospel. The use of ἀγωνία (ἅπαξ λεγ. in N.T.) by the same Evangelist has given the title to this passage. St Luke also relates that ‘there appeared an angel unto... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤῸΝ ΠΈΤΡΟΝ Κ.Τ.Λ. See ch. Matthew 17:1 and Mark 5:37. The Evangelist, St John, was thus a witness of this scene; hence, as we should expect, his narrative of the arrest of Jesus is very full of particulars. ἈΔΗΜΟΝΕΙ͂Ν. This word is found in the parallel passage, Mark 14:33 and in Philippians 2:26, n... [ Continue Reading ]
Ἡ ΨΥΧΉ ΜΟΥ. Comp. John 12:27, the only other passage in which Jesus ascribes to Himself a human ψυχὴ in this particular sense—the seat of the feelings and emotions. ΓΡΗΓΟΡΕΙ͂ΤΕ ΜΕΤʼ ἘΜΟΥ͂. The Son of man in this dark hour asks for human sympathy. ΜΕΤʼ ἘΜΟΥ͂. Only in Matthew.... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΡΟΣΕΛΘῺΝ for προελθὼν. Here B is opposed to all the other important uncials. 39. ΠΡΟΣΕΛΘῺΝ ΜΙΚΡΌΝ. The paschal full moon would make deep shadow for the retirement of Jesus. ΠΆΤΕΡ ΜΟΥ. St Mark has the Aramaic _Abba_ as well as πάτερ. ΤῸ ΠΟΤΉΡΙΟΝ ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ. See note, ch. Matthew 20:22. Were these wor... [ Continue Reading ]
ΟΥ̓Κ ἸΣΧΎΣΑΤΕ; Had you not the ἰσχύς—the physical strength to watch? This was an instance of failing to serve God with their strength (ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ἰσχύος, Mark 12:30). ἰσχύω, not a mere synonym of δύναμαι, seems always to retain some sense of physical power, cp. οἱ ἰσχύοντες, ch. Matthew 9:12; ὥστε... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤῸ ΜῈΝ ΠΝΕΥ͂ΜΑ ΠΡΌΘΥΜΟΝ Κ.Τ.Λ. The touch of clemency mingled with the rebuke is characteristic of the gentleness of Jesus.... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤῸΝ ΑΥ̓ΤῸΝ ΛΌΓΟΝ ΕἸΠΏΝ. This repetition of earnestness must be distinguished from the vain repetitions of ch. Matthew 6:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
45, 46. ΚΑΘΕΎΔΕΤΕ … ἘΓΕΊΡΕΣΘΕ Κ.Τ.Λ. The sudden transition may be explained either (1) by regarding the first words as intended for a rebuke, or else (2) at that very moment Judas appeared, and the time for action had come. The short, quick sentences, especially as reported by St Mark, favour the se... [ Continue Reading ]
ὌΧΛΟΣ ΠΟΛῪΣ Κ.Τ.Λ. St John more definitely, ‘having received a (strictly, _the_) band (of men) and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees’ (Matthew 18:3). The band of men here = the maniple of Roman soldiers, placed at the service of the Sanhedrin by the Procurator. The same word is used Acts... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ARREST OF JESUS St Mark 14:43-50; St Luke 22:47-53; St John 18:3-11... [ Continue Reading ]
ΧΑΙ͂ΡΕ, ῬΑΒΒΊ. The joyous Greek salutation ‘be glad,’ and the Jewish term of respect ‘my master.’ ΚΑΤΕΦΊΛΗΣΕΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΌΝ, ‘kissed him with fervour, or repeatedly;’ cp. Xen. _Mem._ II. 6. 33, ὡς τοὺς μὲν καλοὺς φιλήσοντὁς μου, τοὺς δὲ�.... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΦʼ Ὅ for ἐφʼ ᾧ on conclusive grounds. 50. ἙΤΑΙ͂ΡΕ. See ch. Matthew 20:13. In relation to the word ῥαββί (Matthew 26:49) the meaning of ἑταῖρε would be: ‘thou, my disciple.’ ἘΦʼ Ὅ. The sentence is best explained by an ellipse of ποίησον or some equivalent word, ‘Do that for which thou art come.’ ὃ... [ Continue Reading ]
ΕἿΣ ΤΩ͂Ν ΜΕΤᾺ ἸΗΣΟΥ͂. This was St Peter, named by St John, but not by the earlier Evangelists, probably from motives of prudence. ΤῊΝ ΜΆΧΑΙΡΑΝ. Probably a short sword or dirk, worn in the belt. ΤῸΝ ΔΟΥ͂ΛΟΝ. _The_ servant, or rather slave. St John gives his name, Malchus. St Luke alone records the... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΆΝΤΕΣ ΓᾺΡ Κ.Τ.Λ. To this reason for non-resistance Christ added another, ‘The cup which my Father has given me shall I not drink it?’ (John.) ΛΑΒΌΝΤΕΣ ΜΆΧΑΙΡΑΝ, i.e. against rightful authority. There may be some force in λαβόντες, ‘take’ the sword, handle it of their own pleasure and impulse; λαβὴ... [ Continue Reading ]
These verses are peculiar to Matthew; each Evangelist has recorded sayings unnoticed by the others. It is easy to understand that in these exciting moments each bystander should perceive a part only of what was said or done.... [ Continue Reading ]
ἌΡΤΙ placed after παραστήσει μοι on the evidence of אBL against the other important uncials, in which it precedes παρακαλέσαι. The omission of ἢ before δώδεκα gives the classical idiom. Here AC and a large majority of MSS. retain ἢ against אBDL. 53. ΔΟΚΕΙ͂Σ ὍΤΙ ΟΥ̓ ΔΎΝΑΜΑΙ … ΚΑῚ ΠΑΡΑΣΤΉΣΕΙ. The form... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΝ ΤΩ͂Ι ἹΕΡΩ͂Ι follows διδάσκων in the _textus receptus_. The most ancient authority favours the change. 55. ΛΗΙΣΤΉΝ, ‘a robber,’ not ‘thief,’ as A.V. Cp. St John 10:1, where the two words are distinguished. See note, ch. Matthew 21:13. ἘΚΑΘΕΖΌΜΗΝ ΔΙΔΆΣΚΩΝ. See note, ch. Matthew 5:1 (καθίσαντος).... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ ΔῈ ὍΛΟΝ ΓΈΓΟΝΕΝ Κ.Τ.Λ. These are probably the words of Christ, and not a reflection by the Evangelist (cp. Mark 14:49); if so, they were, for most of the disciples, their Master’s last words. For the tense of γέγονεν see notes, ch. Matthew 1:22; Matthew 21:4. ΤΌΤΕ, closely connected with th... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS IS BROUGHT BEFORE CAIAPHAS. THE FIRST AND INFORMAL MEETING OF THE SANHEDRIN St Mark 14:53-65; St Luke 22:54; Luke 22:63-65 St Luke reports this first irregular trial with less detail than the other synoptists, but gives the account of the second _formal_ sitting at greater length. It is not... [ Continue Reading ]
ἈΠΉΓΑΓΟΝ. ἀπάγειν is used technically of carrying off to prison. Cp. Acts 12:19, ἐκέλευσεν�, ‘to be led off to execution.’ ΣΥΝΉΧΘΗΣΑΝ. St Mark describes the members of the Sanhedrin entering with Jesus (συνέρχονται αὐτῷ) to this pre-arranged irregular meeting.... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤΩ͂Ν ὙΠΗΡΕΤΩ͂Ν. ‘Attendants,’ ‘retinue.... [ Continue Reading ]
The _textus receptus_ adds καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι with AC, and the preponderance of later authority, against אBDL, some Versions and Fathers. ΘΑΝΑΤΏΣΟΥΣΙΝ for θανατώσωσι. 59. ἘΖΉΤΟΥΝ Κ.Τ.Λ. See above (1): to _seek_ witnesses at all was against the spirit of the law. The imperfect ἐζήτουν implies anxio... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΑῚ after οὐχ εὗρον, and a second οὐχ εὗρον after ψευδομαρτύρων, deleted on the authority of the oldest but not the majority of MSS. and Versions. Among those which support the _textus receptus_ are A and E. ΨΕΥΔΟΜΆΡΤΥΡΕΣ after δύο is almost certainly a gloss, though found in A2CD and a mass of lat... [ Continue Reading ]
ΔΎΝΑΜΑΙ ΚΑΤΑΛΥ͂ΣΑΙ Κ.Τ.Λ. The actual words of Jesus spoken (John 2:19) in the first year of his ministry were, λύσατε τὸν ναὸν τοῦτον καὶ ἐν τρίσιν ἡμέραις ἐγερῶ αὐτόν, not ‘I am able to destroy’ (note that ἐγερῶ is appropriate to raising from the dead, and is very different from οἰκοδομῆσαι). The a... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΞΟΡΚΊΖΩ. Here only in N.T. Used in classical authors in the sense of ‘to administer an oath,’ especially the military oath (sacramentum). Possibly the word may be used here in reference to the charge against Jesus, δαιμόνιον ἔχει. Ὁ ΥἹῸΣ ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΟΥ͂. The Jews might have recognised Jesus as the Mess... [ Continue Reading ]
ΣῪ ΕἾΠΑΣ. See note, Matthew 26:25. ἈΠʼ ἌΡΤΙ ὌΨΕΣΘΕ Κ.Τ.Λ. Cp. Daniel 7:13; ch. Matthew 16:27; Matthew 24:30; Matthew 25:31. ἘΠῚ ΤΩ͂Ν ΝΕΦ. See ch. Matthew 24:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
ΔΙΈΡΡΗΞΕΝ. This act was enjoined by the Rabbinical rules. When the charge of blasphemy was proved ‘the judges standing on their feet rend their garments, and do not sew them up again.’ τὰ ἱμάτια in the plural, because according to Rabbinical directions all the _under_-garments were to be rent, ‘even... [ Continue Reading ]
ἜΝΟΧΟΣ Κ.Τ.Λ. i.e. ‘has incurred the penalty of death.’ The Sanhedrin do not pass sentence, but merely re-affirm their foregone conclusion, and endeavour to have sentence passed and judgment executed by the Procurator. For ἕνοχος see note, ch. Matthew 5:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΟΛΑΦΊΖΕΙΝ, ‘to strike with clenched fist,’ from κόλαφος, late for Attic κονδυλίζειν (κόνδυλος). Cp. ποῖον γὰρ κλέος εἰ ἁμαρτάνοντες καὶ κολαφιζόμενοι ὑπομενεῖτε, 1 Peter 2:20. See also 1 Corinthians 4:11; 2 Corinthians 12:7. ῬΑΠΊΖΕΙΝ, from ῥαπίς, ‘a rod,’ ‘to strike with cudgels’ (Hdt. Xen. Dem. P... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΡΟΦΉΤΕΥΣΟΝ ἩΜΙ͂Ν. Observe the coarse popular idea of prophecy breaking out, according to which prophecy is a meaningless exhibition of miraculous power. A similar vein of thought shews itself in the second temptation (ch. Matthew 4:6).... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΝ ΤΗ͂Ι ΑΥ̓ΛΗ͂Ι. In the court. In Oriental houses the street door opens into an entrance hall or passage: this is the ‘porch’ (πυλῶνα) of Matthew 26:71; beyond this is a central court (αὐλή) open to the sky and surrounded by pillars. The reception rooms are usually on the ground floor, and are built... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DENIAL OF PETER St Mark 14:66-72; Luke 22:54-62; John 18:15-18; John 18:25-27 The accounts differ slightly, and exactly in such a way as the evidence of honest witnesses might be expected to differ in describing the minor details (which at the time would appear unimportant) in a scene full of... [ Continue Reading ]
ΛΑΛΙΆ. An Aristophanic word, λαλιὰν�, ‘to talk (practise), gossip.’ The same notion of contempt underlies the word, John 4:42, οὐκέτι διὰ τὴν σὴν λαλιὰν πιστεύομεν. Here thy ‘talk’ or ‘speech,’ as in A.V., not definitely ‘a dialect’ (Schleusner). In the LXX. it is used generally for ‘word’ or ‘speec... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΑΤΑΘΕΜΑΤΊΖΕΙΝ for καταναθεματίζειν of _textus receptus_ with preponderating authority. The second word is scarcely supported. 74. ΚΑΤΑΘΕΜΑΤΊΖΕΙΝ. See critical notes _supra_. Cp. Revelation 22:3, where κατάθεμα is restored for κατανάθεμα. No other instance is cited either of noun or verb. They appe... [ Continue Reading ]
ἜΚΛΑΥΣΕΝ, of loud and bitter wailing, in distinction from δακρύειν, ‘to weep silently.’ The latter verb is found once only in N.T., John 11:35, ἐδάκρυσεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς.... [ Continue Reading ]