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Friday, August 29th, 2025
the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
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Matthew 15:3 — Matthew 15:3 . καὶ ὑμεῖς : the retort, if justifiable, the best defence possible of neglect charged = “we transgress the tradition because we want to keep the commands of God: choice lies between these; you make the wrong choice”. Grave issue raised; no compromise possible here. διὰ τ . π . ὑμῶν : not rules made by the parties addressed (Weiss-Meyer), but the tradition which ye idolise, your precious paradosis .
Matthew 21:24 — Jesús responde con una contrapregunta vergonzosa en cuanto al ministerio del Bautista. λόγον ἔνα, apenas: una pregunta para sus muchos (Beng.) Más bien: una pregunta, o cosa, una y la misma ( cf. para εἶς en este sentido Génesis 41:25-26 ; 1 Corintios 3:8 ; 1 Corintios 11:5 ), una pregunta análoga como deberíamos decir; una respuesta serviría para la de ellos y para la de Él.
Matthew 28:3 — Matthew 28:3 . ἰδέα (here only in N. T.; in Sept [160] , Daniel 1:13 ; Daniel 1:15 ), the appearance, aspect (of the countenance of the angel). Vide Trench, Syn. , p. 262, on μορφή , σχῆμα , ἰδέα . ὡς ἀστραπὴ (Matthew 24:27 ), as lightning brilliant, dazzling. τὸ ἔγδυμα α ., his raiment as distinct from his face ὡς χιών , white as snow ( cf. Matthew 17:2 ). [160] Septuagint.
Mark 6:17-29 — Mark 6:17-29 . Story of Herod and the Baptist (Matthew 14:3-12 ). Herod’s endorsement of the theory that Jesus is John redivivus gives a convenient opportunity for reporting here post eventum the Baptist’s fate. The report is given in aorists which need not be translated as pluperfects (as in A. V [45] and R. V [46] ). [45] Authorised Version. [46] Revised Version.
Mark 6:17-29 — Historia de Herodes y el Bautista ( Mateo 14:3-12 ). El respaldo de Herodes a la teoría de que Jesús es Juan redivivus brinda una oportunidad conveniente para informar aquí post eventum sobre el destino del Bautista. El informe se da en aoristos que no necesitan traducirse como pluscuamperfectos (como en A. V [45] y R. V [46]). [45] Versión Autorizada. [46] Versión revisada.
Luke 11:27-28 — Luke 11:27-28 . The woman in the crowd . In Lk. only, though reminding one of Matthew 12:46-50 , Mark 3:32-35 . It reports an honest matron’s blessing on the, to her probably unknown, mother of Jesus, who in this case, as in an earlier instance (Luke 8:19-21 ), treats the felicity of natural motherhood as entirely subordinate to that of disciplehood.
Luke 11:46 — Luke 11:46 . Jesus fearlessly proceeds to say what He thinks of the class. καὶ ὑμῖν , yes! to you lawyers also woes. Three are specified: heavy burdens (Matthew 23:3 ), tombs of the prophets (Matthew 23:29-31 ), key of knowledge (Matthew 23:14 ). φορτίζετε (with two accusatives only in N.T.), ye lade men with unbearable burdens. προσψαύετε , ye touch, here only in N.T.
Luke 11:46 — Jesús sin temor procede a decir lo que piensa de la clase. καὶ ὑμῖν, ¡sí! a vosotros abogados también ayes. Se especifican tres: cargas pesadas ( Mateo 23:3 ), tumbas de los profetas ( Mateo 23:29-31 ), llave del conocimiento ( Mateo 23:14 ). φορτίζετε (con dos acusativos solamente en el NT), cargáis a los hombres con cargas insoportables. προσψαύετε, tocáis, aquí sólo en el NT
Luke 12:56 — ὑποκριταί parece un término demasiado fuerte para aplicarlo al pueblo, y más apropiado para una audiencia farisaica o profesional ( Mateo 16:3 ). Raphel, después de Erasmus Schmidt, traduce harioli , profetas del tiempo, citando un pasaje de Lucian en apoyo de este sentido. Este es ciertamente uno de los significados de la palabra ( vide Passow), pero, como señala Hahn, el uso del NT no lo respalda aquí.
Luke 19:3 — Luke 19:3 . ἐζήτει : imperfect, implying continuous effort, for a while unsuccessful, because of ( ἀπὸ ) the crowd, too dense to penetrate, and not to be seen over by him , being short of stature ( ἡλικίᾳ as in Matthew 6:27 ). ἰδεῖν τὸν Ἰ . τίς ἐστι = ἰδεῖν τίς ἐστιν ὁ Ἰησοῦς , to see who Jesus is = de facie cognoscere (Kuinoel); “ fama notum vultu noscere cupiebat” (Grotius).
Luke 21:3 — Luke 21:3 . εἶπεν : to whom not indicated. The narrator is concerned alone about the saying ἀληθῶς , for Mk.’s Hebrew ἀμὴν , as nearly always. πτωχὴ : Lk. does not avoid this word: the use of the other term in his preliminary narrative is a matter of style. πτωχὴ implies that the widow might have been expected to beg rather than to be giving to the temple treasury.
John 11:2 — John 11:2 . In order further to identify Lazarus it is added: “Now it was (that) Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill”. This act of Mary’s has not yet been narrated by John (see John 12:3 ), but it was this which distinguished her at the time John was writing; cf. Matthew 26:13 .
John 11:2 — Para identificar más a Lázaro se añade: “Era (aquella) María la que ungió al Señor con ungüento y le secó los pies con sus cabellos, cuyo hermano Lázaro estaba enfermo”. Este acto de María aún no ha sido narrado por Juan (ver Juan 12:3 ), pero fue esto lo que la distinguió en el momento en que Juan estaba escribiendo; cf. Mateo 26:13 .
Romans 4:16-22 — El Apóstol puede ahora desarrollar, sin más interrupciones ni digresiones, su idea del carácter representativo (y por tanto universal) de la justificación de Abraham. No se puede decir que el Nuevo Testamento subvierta al Antiguo si el método de justificación es el mismo en ambos. No, establece el Antiguo ( Romanos 3:31 ). Este es el punto que se refuerza en los versículos finales del cap. 4.
2 Corinthians 4:5 — οὐ γὰρ ἑαυτοὺς κ. τ. λ.: porque no nos predicamos a nosotros mismos, sino a Cristo Jesús como Señor ( cf. 1 Corintios 12:3 , “Nadie puede decir: Jesús es el Señor, sino en el Espíritu Santo”), y nosotros somos vuestros esclavos por amor de Jesús ( cf.1 1 Corintios 9:19 y cap. 2 Corintios 1:24 arriba; ver también 2 Corintios 11:20 καταδουλοῖ).
2 Corinthians 5:2-3 — 2 Corintios 5:2-3 y 2 Corintios 5:4 forman dos oraciones paralelas, ambas introducidas por καὶ γάρ, de las cuales cualquiera puede usarse para dilucidar la otra. Ambos ponen de manifiesto el retraimiento del Apóstol ante la muerte, es decir , el acto de morir, y su ansiedad expresada a medias por sobrevivir hasta el día de Cristo ( cf. 1 Tesalonicenses 4:15 ).
2 Thessalonians 2:1 — 2 Thessalonians 2:1 . ἐπισυν ., a term whose verb was already in use for the muster of saints to the messianic reign. σαλ . “get unsettled”. Epictetus uses ἀποσαλεύεσθαι for the unsettling of the mind by sophistries (3:25), and the nearest equivalent for νοῦς here is our “mind”. This mental agitation (aor.) results in θροεῖσθαι = nervous fear (Wrede, 48 f.) in prospect of the imminent end.
2 Thessalonians 2:15 — 2 Thessalonians 2:15 . The divine purpose does not work automatically, but implies the cooperation of Christians in this case, a resolute stedfastness resting on loyalty to the apostolic gospel. In view of passages like 1 Corinthians 11:23 ; 1 Corinthians 15:5 , it is gratuitous to read any second-century passion for oral apostolic tradition into these words or into those of 2 Thessalonians 3:6 .
2 Timothy 3:11 — 2 Timothy 3:11 . Ἀντιοχείᾳ : Acts 13:14 ; Acts 13:45 ; Acts 13:50 ; Ἰκονίῳ : Acts 14:1-2 ; Acts 14:5 ; Λύστροις : Acts 14:6 ; Acts 14:19 . οἴους διωγμούς : There is no necessity to supply, with Alf., “Thou sawest”. καί : and yet . The verse is an echo of Psalms 33:0 (34):18, ὁ Κύριος … ἐκ πασῶν τῶν θλίψεων αὐτῶν ἐρύσατο αὐτούς . See also reff.
2 Timothy 3:7 — 2 Timothy 3:7 . πάντοτε μανθάνοντα : They have never concentrated their attention on any spiritual truth so as to have learnt it and assimilated it. They are always being attracted by “some newer thing,” τι καινότερον (Acts 17:21 ), and thus their power of comprehension becomes atrophied. μηδέποτε : For negatives with the participle, see Blass, Grammar , p. 255. εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν ἀληθείας : See on 1 Timothy 2:4 .
 
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