The stumblingblocks with the wicked.i.e., the enticements to sin together with the sinners. The word macshêlâh is used in Isaiah 3:6 in the sense of “a ruin.” Here, however, such a signification would not be apposite. It is exactly the πάντα τὰ σκάνδαλα of Matthew 13:41, a passage wherein we may perhaps see a reminiscence of the text before us.

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