Greek Testament Lessons, Consisting Chiefly of the Sermon on the Mount, and the Parables of Our Lord. with Notes and Essays

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 edition. Excerpt: ... Dvtcslkos.--Perhaps it is best to regard this as the personification of the appeal of our injured brother to God: cf. Gen. iv. 10, "The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground." I0-8i tvvouv.--For the construction cf. Luke six. 17: eivouv is opposed to KaKovouv, "bearing malice." The words imply an inward disposition, not a mere formal reconciliation to avoid punishment, --as of two schoolboys shaking hands because their master bids them, while they are only anxious to fight it out. The periphrastic form of the imperative implies, too, that the feeling is to be permanent. 4v rp oS5.--In the interpretation, "this life " cf. 1 Kings ii. 2, "I go the way of all the earth." inrnpfrns.--In Luke xii. 58 called 6 vpiKTup: cf. Acts v. 22. He was the officer whose duty it was to enforce the execution of the sentence, and who could, if necessary, consign the condemned person to prison. 26.!us 4v airoSus.--We can deduce nothing from this as to the duration of the punishment of the wicked. It seems to be a rhetorical way of saying, "It will go hard with thee." St Augustine says, "The punishments of sins are to be avoided, not to be known." 25. KoSpivTtv.--Quadrans; the fourth part of an as, and the smallest Roman coin. 27-32. Adulter;/. 28. irpbs Td.--Eo ut, not ita ut, implying intention. 29. iI Si 6 6ii8aXids.--I.e., we are, if necessary, to abstain from or limit the use of the eyes and the hands. St Paul talks of "beating his body under the eye" (vvanridfa, 1 Cor. ix. 27), and of crucifying the flesh (Gal. v. 24), referring to unsparing self-discipline. Tennyson seems to be expressing the need that some have of physical discipline to escape from evil...