ἀναστενάξας, fetching a deep sigh, here only in N. T.; in Sept [68], Lament. Mark 1:4, Sir 25:18, etc. τῷ πνεύματι α., in His spirit. The sigh physical, its cause spiritual a sense of irreconcilable enmity, invincible unbelief, and coming doom. εἰ δοθήσεται, if there shall be given = there shall not (οὐ) be given a Hebraistic form of emphatic negative assertion. The suppressed apodosis is: may I die, or God punish me. Other instances in Hebrews 3:11; Hebrews 4:3; Hebrews 4:5. In Mark there is an absolute refusal of a sign. In Matthew the refusal is qualified by offer of Jonah. But that was an absolute refusal of signs in their sense.

[68]Septuagint.

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