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If any man, &c.--(See on Mt 10:34-36, and Mr 8:34, 35).
Father, I have sinned, &c.--"This confession is uttered after the kiss of reconciliation" (Eze 16:63) [Trench].
set Jesus on--He allowing this, as befitting the state He was for the first and only time assuming.
two mites--"which make a farthing" (Mr 12:42), the smallest Jewish coin. "She might have kept one" [Bengel].
This generation--not "this nation," as some interpret it, which, though admissible in itself, seems very unnatural here. It is rather as in Lu 9:27.
eat and drink, &c.--(See Lu 22:16 and see on Lu 18:28, &c.).
(See on Mr 15:1-5; and Joh 18:28-19:22.) (See Mr 15:6.)
made as though, &c.--(Compare Mr 6:48; Ge 18:3, 5; 32:24-26).
believed not for joy, &c.--They did believe, else they had not rejoiced [Bengel]. But it seemed too good to be true (Ps 126:1, 2).
within they are full of extortion--In Luke (Lu 11:39) the same word is rendered "ravening," that is, "rapacity."
hid five months--till the event was put beyond doubt and became apparent. (See on Mt 1:18-21).
"The mother of my Lord"--but not "My Lady" (compare Lu 20:42; Joh20:28)" [Bengel].
Every valley, &c.--levelling and smoothing, obvious figures, the sense of which is in the first words of the proclamation, "Prepare ye the way of the Lord."
What shall we do then?--to show the sincerity of our repentance. (Also see on Mt 3:10.)
began to say, &c.--His whole address was just a detailed application to Himself of this and perhaps other like prophecies.
What a word--a word from the Lord of spirits. (See on Mt 8:14-17.)
leap for joy--a livelier word than "be exceeding glad" of "exult" (Mt 5:12).
What is written in the law--apposite question to a doctor of the law, and putting him in turn to the test [Bengel].
Sell, &c.--This is but a more vivid expression of Mt 6:19-21 (see on Mt 6:19-21).
to the people--"the multitude," a word of special warning to the thoughtless crowd, before dismissing them. (See on Mt 16:2, 3).
tower in Siloam--probably one of the towers of the city wall, near the pool of Siloam. Of its fall nothing is known.
Why then believed ye him not?--that is, in his testimony to Jesus, the sum of his whole witness.
the things concerning me--decreed and written. have an end--are rapidly drawing to a close.
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