Thou knowest the commandments The young man is referred to the Commandments of the Second Table only, and they are cited generally from Exodus 20:12-17. A striking instance of the free mode of quotation from the Old Testament even in such a case as the Ten Commandments.

Defraud not The word thus rendered occurs in 1 Corinthians 6:7-8; 1 Corinthians 7:5; 1 Timothy 6:5; James 5:4. It means deprive none of what is theirs, and has been thought to sum up the four Commandments which precede.

Honour thy father and mother Rendered by Wyclif "worschippepi fadir and modir," which illustrates the meaning of the word as used in the Marriage Service, "with my body I thee worship" = honour. St Mark places this commandment at the end.

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