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Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

Matthew 19:27

εἶπεν δὲ Π.: from depression the disciples, represented by Peter, pass to self-complacent buoyancy their natural mood. ἰδοὺ points to a fact deserving special notice in view of the recent incident. ἡμεῖς, we, have done what that man failed to do: left all and followed Thee. τί ἄρα, etc.: a question not given in Mk. and Lk., but implied in Peter's remark and the tone in which it was uttered: what shall be to us by way of recompense? Surely we shall attain what seems so hard for some to reach.

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