Bible Commentaries

Matthew 12:37 — Matthew 12:37 . ἐκ γὰρ τ . λόγων σου . Judgment by words here taught; in Matthew 25:31-46 judgment by the presence or absence of kind deeds. No contradiction, for words are viewed as the index of a good or bad heart: bad positively, like that of the Pharisees, who spoke wickedly; bad negatively, like that of the thoughtless, who speak senselessly. On the teaching of this passage cf. James 3:0 .

Matthew 12:37 — ἐκ γὰρ τ. λόγων σου. Juicio por las palabras aquí enseñadas; en Mateo 25:31-46 juicio por la presencia o ausencia de buenas obras. No hay contradicción, porque las palabras son vistas como el índice de un corazón bueno o malo: malo positivamente, como el de los fariseos, que hablaban mal; mala negativamente, como la de los irreflexivos, que hablan sin sentido. Sobre la enseñanza de este pasaje cf. Santiago 3 .

Matthew 12:6-8 — Los principios involucrados . Los hechos expuestos plantean interrogantes en cuanto a los motivos. Los fariseos eran hombres de reglas, no acostumbrados a retroceder en los principios. La pasión por las minucias mató la reflexión. Las razones ya han sido insinuadas en la exposición de los casos: ὅτε ἐπείνασεν, Mateo 12:3 ; ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ, Mateo 12:5 : hambre , el templo ; necesidades humanas, demandas superiores. Estos se mencionan en orden inverso en Mateo 12:6-7 .

Matthew 14:25 — τετάρτῃ φυλ. = 3 a 6, en la madrugada, πρωῒ. ἐπὶ τ. θ.: las lecturas en este versículo y el siguiente varían entre genitivo y acusativo. El sentido es muy similar. El evangelista pretende representar a Jesús caminando realmente sobre el mar, no sobre la tierra sobre el nivel del mar (Paulus, Schenkel). Holtz. (HC), considerándolo como una leyenda, se refiere a textos del AT en los que Dios camina sobre el mar.

Matthew 24:4-14 — Signos preludios del fin . ( Marco 13:5-13 ; Lucas 21:8-19 ). Mateo 24:4 . βλέπετε : otra vez ( vide Mateo 24:2 ), pero aquí = mira, presta atención. Cf. Hebreos 3:12 . πλανήσῃ, para que nadie os engañe ; golpeando la clave ética práctica de todo el discurso: su objetivo no es satisfacer la curiosidad, sino proteger contra el engaño y el terror (μὴ θροεῖσθε, Mateo 24:6 ) cabezas frías, corazones valientes, en una época trágica.

Mark 11:19 — Mark 11:19 . ὅταν ( ὅτε , T.R.) implies repetition of the action. We have here ἄν with the indicative instead of the optative without ἄν as in the classics. Field ( Ot. Nor. ) regards ὅταν ὀψὲ ἐγένετο as a solecism due probably to Mk. himself (as in Mark 3:11 , ὅταν ἐθεώρουν ), and holds that the connection in Mk.’s narrative is decidedly in favour of a single action instead of, as in Lk., a daily practice.

Mark 11:19 — ὅταν (ὅτε, TR) implica repetición de la acción. Tenemos aquí ἄν con indicativo en lugar del optativo sin ἄν como en los clásicos. Field ( Ot. Nor. ) considera ὅταν ὀψὲ ἐγένετο como un solecismo debido probablemente a Mc. él mismo (como en Marco 3:11 , ὅταν ἐθεώρουν), y sostiene que la conexión en la narración de Mc. está decididamente a favor de una sola acción en lugar de, como en Lc., una práctica diaria.

Mark 3:28-29 — Mark 3:28-29 . Jesus now changes His tone . Thus far He has reasoned with the scribes, now He solemnly warns to this effect. “You do not believe your own theory; you know as well as I how absurd it is, and that I must be casting out devils by a very different spirit from Beelzebub. You are therefore not merely mistaken theorists , you are men in a very perilous moral condition. Beware!”

Mark 3:5 — Mark 3:5 . περιβλεψάμενος , having made a swift, indignant ( μετʼ ὀργῆς ) survey of His foes. συλλυπούμενος : this present , the previous participle aorist, implying habitual pity for men in such a condition of blindness. This is a true touch of Mk.’s in his portraiture of Christ. τῆς καρδίας : singular, as if the whole class had but one heart, which was the fact so far as the type of heart (hardened) was concerned.

Mark 5:26 — Mark 5:26 . Details about the case, similarly in Lk., not in Mt.: either they expand or Mt. abbreviates. πολλὰ παθοῦσα : no wonder, remarks Lightfoot, in view of the endless prescriptions for such a case, of which he gives samples ( Hor. Heb. ); physicians of the empiric or prescientific type. τὰ παρʼ αὐτῆς , her means, cf. οἱ παρʼ αὐτοῦ , Mark 3:21 . μηδὲν ὠφελ : nothing profited, the subjective negative, μηδὲν , implies disappointed expectation.

Mark 8:3 — ἐκλυθήσονται, se desmayarán. Este verbo se usa en el NT en voz media o pasiva en el sentido de estar débil o cansado en cuerpo o mente ( Gálatas 6:9 ; Hebreos 12:3 ). καί τινες … εἰσίν, y algunos de ellos son de la distancia, propios de Mark. El significado es que tales, incluso si están en vigor al comenzar, se agotarían antes de llegar a su destino. ¿Pero no podrían conseguir comida por el camino?

Luke 10:3 — Luke 10:3 . ὑπάγετε , go , whither? Mt.’s version of the instructions to the Twelve says: not to Samaria, but to the lost sheep of Israel only; this omitted by Lk. with the one word, “go,” retained. ὡς ἄρνας , etc., as lambs among wolves; sheep ( πρόβατα ) in Matthew 10:16 ; pathetic hint as to the helplessness of the agents and the risks they run; not imaginary, as the recent experience at the Samaritan village shows.

Luke 3:20 — Luke 3:20 . ἐπὶ πᾶσι , added this also to all his misdeeds, and above all the crowning iniquity, and yet Lk. forbears to mention the damning sin of Herod, the beheading of the Baptist, contenting himself with noting the imprisonment. He either assumes knowledge of the horrid tale, or shrinks from it as too gruesome. κατέκλεισε : instead of the infinitive; the paratactic style savours of Hebrew, and suggests a Hebrew source (Godet).

Luke 7:18 — Luke 7:18 . ἀπήγγειλαν : John’s disciples report to him. Lk. assumes that his readers will remember what he has stated in Luke 3:20 , and does not repeat it. But the reporting of the disciples tacitly implies that the master is dependent on them for information, i.e. , is in prison. περὶ πάντων τούτων : the works of Jesus as in Mt., but τούτων refers specially to the two last reported (centurion’s servant, widow’s son).

Acts 20:38 — Acts 20:38 . ὀδυνώμενοι : common in Luke and Acts, only three times elsewhere in N.T., Luke 2:48 ; Luke 16:24-25 . θεωρεῖν , Lucan, cf. Acts 17:16 ; Acts 17:22 , “to behold,” R.V., to gaze with reverence upon his face. μέλλουσι , see above p. 157. προέπεμπον δὲ αὐτὸν : “and they brought him on his way,” R.V., cf. Acts 15:3 (see note), Acts 21:5 ; the harbour was some little distance from the town.

2 Timothy 2:3-13 — 2 Timothy 2:3-13 . The condition of all success is toil; toil which may involve pain. Think of the price of a soldier’s victory, the conditions of an athlete’s crown, of a field-labourer’s wage. Our Lord Jesus Himself, as man, is the great Exemplar of this law. I am another. This is a faithful saying; and therefore we sing, “We shall live with Him because we died with Him, etc.”.

2 Timothy 3:10-17 — 2 Timothy 3:10-17 . I am not really uneasy about your steadfastness. You joined me as a disciple from spiritual and moral inducements only. The persecutions you saw me endure you knew to be typical of the conditions of a life of godliness. Stand in the old paths. Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures on which your growing mind was fed is never out of date as an equipment for the man of God.

Titus 3:13 — Titus 3:13 . νομικόν : In the absence of any example of this word being used as the equivalent of legisperitus (Vulg.), jurisconsultus or jurisperitus , it seems best to assume that Zenas was a νομικός in the usual N.T. sense, an expert in the Mosaic Law. Ἀπολλὼν : For Apollos, see article in Hastings’ D. B . πρόπεμψον : set forward on their journey, praemitte ; but deduco is the rendering where the word occurs elsewhere. See reff.

Hebrews 6:4-6 — Hebrews 6:4-6 give the writer’s reason for not attempting again to lay a foundation. It is, he says, to attempt an impossibility. The statement falls into three parts: (1) A description of a class of persons τοὺς ἅπαξ φωτισθέντας … καὶ παραπεσόντας . (2) The statement of a fact regarding these persons ἀδύνατον πάλιν ἀνακαινίζειν εἰς μετάνοιαν . (3) The cause of this fact found in some further characteristics of their career ἀνασταυροῦντας … παραδειγματίζοντας .

Revelation 2:3 — Revelation 2:3 . The tenses as in Revelation 2:2 denote a general attitude still existing, the outcome of some special stage of persecution for the sake of the Christian name. κεκοπίακες , cf. κόπον (Revelation 2:2 ), a slight play on words; “noui laborem tuum, nec tamen laboras, i.e. , labore non frangeris” (Bengel). Tired in loyalty, not of it. The Ephesian church can bear anything except the presence of impostors in her membership.