Bible Commentaries

Matthew 26:26 — Matthew 26:26 . [24] The meal having been, naturally enough, interrupted by the discussion regarding Judas would now be resumed; hence the repetition of the ἐσθιόντων αὐτῶν of Matthew 26:21 with the continuative ΔΈ , which latter is so often used in

1 Corinthians 1:12 — 1 Corinthians 1:12 . Now what I mean (by this ἔριδες ἐν ὑμῖν εἰσι ) is this (which follows), that , etc. Regarding the explicative λέγω , common also in Greek writers, comp Galatians 3:17 ; Romans 15:8 . Calvin and Beza understand it, making ΤΟῦΤΟ

2 Corinthians 12:7 — 2 Corinthians 12:7 . καί ] is the simple copula, not even (Fritzsche). The course of thought, namely, is: For this reason I abstain from καυχᾶσθαι (2 Corinthians 12:6 ), and to return now to what I said in 2 Corinthians 12:1-5 as concerns those revelations

Galatians 2:2 — Galatians 2:2 . Δέ ] continuing the narrative, with emphatic repetition of the same word, as in Romans 3:22 ; 1 Corinthians 2:6 ; Philippians 2:8 , et al . Klotz, ad Devar . p. 361; Baeumlein, Partik . p. 97. κατὰ ἀποκάλυψιν ] in conformity with

Colossians 1:15 — Colossians 1:15 . As to Colossians 1:15-20 , see Schleiermacher in the Stud. u. Krit . 1832, p. 497 ff. ( Werke z. Theol . II. p. 321 ff.), and, in opposition to his ethical interpretation (of Christ as the moral Reformer of the world), Holzhausen

1 Thessalonians 2:15-16 — 1 Thessalonians 2:15-16 . As to the occasion of this invective, see on 1 Thessalonians 2:14 . καί ] not signifying even ; also not to be connected with the next καί , both … and ; but τῶν καί means who also , and proves the propriety of the preceding

1 John 2:18 — 1 John 2:18 . The appearance of the ἀντίχριστοι shows that the last hour has come. παιδία ] not an address to the children (see on 1 John 2:12-14 ), but to all readers. [154] ἐσχάτη ὥρα ἐστί ] ἐσχάτη ὥρα may be the whole Christian era from the incarnation

1 John 3:19-20 — 1 John 3:19-20 . Blessed result of true love. καὶ ἐν τούτῳ ] καί : simple copula. ἐν τούτῳ does not refer here, as in chap. 1 John 2:3 , 1 John 3:16 ; 1Jn 3:24 , 1 John 4:2 , to the following thought, but to the foregoing ἀγαπᾷν ἐν ἔργῳ κ . ἀλ . The