Καὶ εἶδεν αὐτοὺς βασανιζομένους ἐν τῷ ἐλαύνειν· (ἦν γὰρ ὁ ἄνεμος ἐναντίος αὐτοῖς·)

VER. 41.

Καὶ λαβὼν τοὺς πέντε ἄρτους καὶ τοὺς δύο ἰχθύας, ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν, εὐλόγησε, καὶ κατέκλασε τοὺς ἄρτους· καὶ ἐδίδου τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὑτοῦ ἵνα παραθῶσιν αὐτοῖς· καὶ τοὺς δύο ἰχθύας ἐμέρισε πᾶσι.

And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them ; and the two fishes divided he among them all.

VER. 42.

Καὶ ἔφαγον πάντες, καὶ ἐχορτάσθησαν. And they did all eat, and were filled.

VER. 43.

ται πρὸς αὐτοὺς, περιπατῶν ἐπὶ τῆς θα λάσσης· καὶ ἤθελε παρελθεῖν αὐτούς.

And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: sand about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.

a See on Matt. xiv. ver. 25-27.

And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.

φοβεῖσθε.

For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with

VER. 53.

A. D. 32.

VER. 2.

VER. 3.

Οἱ γὰρ Φαρισαῖοι καὶ πάντες οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι,

* And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.

a See on Matt. xiv. ver. 34-36.

VER. 54.

For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands *oft, eat not, holding a the tradition of the elders. * Or, diligently: in the original, with the fist: Theophylact, up to the

VER. 55.

Περιδραμόντες ὅλην τὴν περίχωρον ἐκείνην, ἤρξαντο ἐπὶ τοῖς κραββάτοις τοὺς κακῶς | ἔχοντας περιφέρειν, ὅπου ἤκουον ὅτι ἐκεῖ ἐστι.

And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.

VER. 56.

Καὶ ὅπου ἂν εἰσεπορεύετο εἰς κώμας, ἡ πόλεις, ἢ ἀγροὺς, ἐν ταῖς ἀγοραῖς ἐτίθουν τοὺς ἀσθενοῦντας, καὶ παρεκάλουν αὐτόν, ἵνα κἂν τοῦ κρασπέδου τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ ἅψωνται· καὶ ὅσοι ἂν ἥπτοντο αὐτοῦ, ἐσώζοντο.

And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.

• Or, it.

a Howbeit, in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition, ver. 79.

VER. 7.

A. D. 32. καὶ τὴν μητέρα σου· καί· Ο κακολογών πατέρα, ἢ μητέρα, θανάτῳ τελευτάτω

For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whose curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

VER. 11.

Ὑμεῖς δὲ λέγετε· Ἐὰν εἴπῃ ἄνθρωπος τῷ πατρὶ ἡ τῇ μητρὶ· Κορβάν (ὃ ἐστι, δώρον) ὃ ἐὰν ἐξ ἐμοῦ ὠφεληθῇς.

But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.

VER. 12.

Καὶ οὐκέτι ἀφίετε αὐτὸν οὐδὲν ποιῆσαι τῷ πατρὶ αὑτοῦ, ἡ τῇ μητρὶ αὑτοῦ. for his father or his mother And ye suffer him no more to do ought

VER. 13.

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̓Ακυροῦντες τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ τῇ παι ραδόσει ὑμῶν, ᾧ παρεδώκατε· καὶ παρί μοια τοιαῦτα πολλὰ ποιεῖτε,

Making the word of God of none have delivered: and many such like effect through your tradition, which ye things do ye.

VER. 14.

Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

VER. 8.

συνίετε.

And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:

a See on Matt. xv. ver. 10, 11.

VER. 15.

Οὐδέν ἐστιν ἔξωθεν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου εἰσπου ρευόμενον εἰς αὐτὸν, ὃ δύναται αὐτὸν κοινῶ σαι· ἀλλὰ τὰ ἐκπορευόμενα ἀπ' αὐτοῦ, ἐκεῖνά ἐστι τὰ κοινοῦντα τὸν ἄνθρωπον.

There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

VER. 16.

Εἴ τις ἔχει ὦτα ἀκούειν, ἀκουέτω. If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

VER. 17.

Καὶ ὅτε εἰσῆλθεν εἰς οἶκον ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄχλου, ἐπηρώτων αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ περὶ τῆς

A. D. 32.

Καὶ ἀπολαβόμενος αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄχλου κατ' ἰδίαν, ἔβαλε τοὺς δακτύλους αὑτοῦ εἰς τὰ ὦτα αὐτοῦ· καὶ πτύσας ἥψατο της γλώσσης αὐτοῦ.

a And he took him aside from the multitude, b and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue ;

* And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying, Mark v. 40. And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought, viii. 23. And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. And he cried unto the LORD and said, 1 Kings xvii. 19, 20. b See on Matt. viii. ver. 15.

VER. 34.

Καὶ ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν, ἐστέναξε, καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· Εφφαθὰ· ὅ ἐστι, δια νοίχθητι.

a And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, • Be opened.

* And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and

VIII. 1.

A. D. 32. said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me, John xi. 41.

b And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? Mark viii. 12. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, Isa. liii. 3. And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Luke xix. 41. When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, John xi. 33. Jesus wept, 35. Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave, 38. For we have not an High Priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, Heb. iv. 15.

c See on Matt. viii. ver. 3. clause 2.

VER. 35.

Καὶ εὐθέως διηνοίχθησαν αὐτοῦ αἱ ἀκοαί, καὶ ἐλύθη ὁ δεσμὸς τῆς γλώσσης αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐλάλει ὀρθὼς.

And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.

a See on Matt. xi. ver. 5. clause 4.

VER. 36.

Καὶ διεστείλατο αὐτοῖς ἵνα μηδενὶ εἴπωσιν· ὅσον δὲ αὐτὸς αὐτοῖς διεστέλλετο, μᾶλλον περισσότερον ἐκήρυσσον·

a And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;

a See on Matt. viii. ver. 4. clause 1.

VER. 37.

Καὶ ὑπερπερισσῶς ἐξεπλήσσοντο, λέγοντες" Καλῶς πάντα πεποίηκε· καὶ τοὺς κωφούς ποιεῖ ἀκούειν, καὶ τοὺς ἀλάλους λαλεῖν.

a And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: bhe maketh both the deaf to hear, and the c dumb to speak.

*See on chap. v. ver. 42.

b See on Matt. xi. ver. 5. clause 4. c See on Matt. ix. ver. 33.

CHAP. VIIL-1.

Ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις, παμπόλλου ὄχλου ὄντος, καὶ μὴ ἐχόντων τί φάγωσι, προσκαλεσάμενος ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοὺς μαθητάς αὐτοῦ, λέγει αὐτοῖς·