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READINGS IN GREEK. X. 



THE NEW TESTAMENT. 



THE period at which the New Testament was written was con- 

 siderably later than that to which the writings from which we 

 have hitherto made our selections in this language belong. By 

 the first century of the Christian era the Greek language had 

 lost much of its original purity, and had already begun to 

 show traces of the subjugation of foreign powers which those 

 who spoke it had had to undergo. Still it remained the lan- 

 guage of a large portion of the civilised world, especially 

 among those who plumed themselves upon their refinement 

 of culture, and it was always studied as one of the accessories 

 of a polite education both in Italy, Syria, and Egypt, all of 

 which nations naturally engrafted upon the Greek language 

 some of their own idioms and forms of expression. Accord- 

 ingly, among the writers of the New Testament we frequently 

 find Hebrew expressions and forms of speech, though on the 

 whole the language is remarkable both for its purity and its 

 great simplicity. We certainly need not detain our readers 

 with any further prefatory remarks, merely observing that 

 their study of the Greek language will have been directed to 

 the very highest aim, and will have achieved the most impor- 

 tant results, if it has enabled and encouraged them to read the 

 New Testament portions of the Holy Scriptures in the language 

 in which it was originally written. 



MATTHEW xvii. 22 27. 



22 'AvaffTpf<pofJ.ff<av Se avruiv tv rfj raA.iA.aiqt, fiitfv avTols & 

 Irjo-ovs, Me'AAet 6 vibs TOV av9p<airov irapaSi'Socrflai els X f ^P as av ~ 



23 Kal airoKTfvovo~iv avrbv, Kal Trj rp'iTrj ^ue'p 

 Kal f\virri r\o~av o"<<$8pa. 



24 'EA0<Wa/ Se avriav fls Kairfpvaovfj., irpoff^Xdoi/ oi TO. Si- 

 Spa^jiia Aa/x/SdVoyTej rip Tlerpy, Kal flirov, 'O SiSdV/caAos vu.iav ov 

 TeAr TO SiSpaxpa ; 



25 Aeyet Na. Kal 'Are flffrj\0ev fls rr]v olitiav, irpof<pdafffv 

 avrbv 6 'IijaoSy Xeytav, Ti ffoi 5o/cel, 2,'i/J.cav ; ol f3affi\('is TT/S yr}s 

 fab rlvdiv \a(j.fldvov<ri TeAi; r) Kr}vo~ov ; airb TUV vlSiv avr&v, }) airb 

 TU>V a\\orpi<i>v ; 



26 Ae-yet airr<j3 6 Tlerpos, 'Airb T>V a\\OTpl<t>v. 'Eiprj avr<f & 

 Irfffovs, "Apaye e\tv6fpoi flffiv ol vloi. 



27 "iva 8e /j.r) ffKav8a\io~ii)fjiev avrovs, tropfvdfls fls rfyv 6a\affffav, 

 'jaAe ayKtffrpov, Kal rbi> avafidvTa irpurov lx& v " apov Kal avoi^as 



rb ffr6/j.a avTov, fvpi]fffis crraTfjpa' fKflvov Xafiuv Sbs avTots ami 



lp.OV Kal ffOV. 



NOTES. 



22. 'Ava<rTpe0o/ua<, lit., to turn oneself about in, and so, like the Latin 

 versari, to live in. 



24. T 3i<5pax/ua. The tax paid by every Jew of twenty years old and 

 upwards towards the rebuilding of the temple. 



25. Knvaov is simply the Latin word census, a tax, in Greek characters. 

 Now that Judsea was under Roman dominion, it was not unnatural that 

 some Latin words should become mixed with the Greek. Thus we find 

 <7-ouWpia and o-i/iiKii/Aa, in Acts xix. 12, for sudoria and semicinctiti ; TaTot 

 (3 John 1) for Gains; and several others. 



27. z-ruTtipa. A stater was equal to four drachmae, and would be suf- 

 ficient to pay the tax for our Lord and St. Peter. 



'Ann. This is a Greek Testament use of this preposition, equivalent 

 to virep, in Itehalf of. 



JOHN v. 33 40. 



33 Twe?s a7re0TaAcaT irpbs 'I 



y, Kal /j.e/j.apTi>pi)Kt Trj a\ri- 



34 'Ey&> 8e ov irapa avOp&irov rty papTvpiav \a/J.pdvw, dAAa 

 raina \fya Iva u/ies ffwtivTG. 



35 'E/ceTvos ?iv 6 \i>xvos o Kai6fJ.evos Kal <pa(v<av, vpLtls 5e f/0eAT)- 

 ffarf ayaXXiaffOrivai irpbs Sipav ev rtf (pearl avrov. 



36 'Eyai 8e e;co r^v paprvpiav (Uei^a) rov '\(aavvov ra yap fpya 

 a eSai/te /J.GI 6 iraryp 'Lva. TeAeic(7a> aura, aura ra fpya a eyi) iroiw, 

 fj.aprvpft irepl tfj.ov on o irar-fip p.* airfo~Ta\Kf' 



37 Kal & irf[t.\l/as /u.e irar))p, avrbs fj.f/j.aprvpr]Ke trtpl f/j.ov. Otire 

 (fxavTiv avrov a/CTj/coare ircairore, ovre fTSos avrov t aipd/care. 



38 Kal rbv \6yov avrov owe e^ere ^.tvovra. Iv vfjuv, '6ri hv 

 aireffrfLheis tKf"iVos, rovrcf u/x.e?$ ov iriffrevere. 



39 'Epeu^are ras ypa<pas, '6n v/j.f'is SoKetre et> avrats C W V 

 aliavLov ex eiv > Ka ^ ^Kftvai tlffiv at p.aprvpovo-ai irtpl ffjiov' 



40 Kai ov 9f\fre e\6e?v irp6s /J.f, 'Lva. <ai]V e^Te. 



NOTES. 



33. 'Iwai/i/nv. John the Baptist, whose testimony to the truth of our 

 Lord's mission is frequently mentioned. 



34. The sense of this passage appears to be, Though I have no need 

 of human testimony, yet I quote John's evidence in my anxiety to turn 

 you to salvation, for you believed in John. 



35. Kui6fj.evot. This image seems to have especial reference to the 

 energetic character of John's preaching. So Ecclus. xlviii. 1, " Then 

 stood up Elias the prophet as fire, and his word burned as a lamp." 



laivusv. Generally used transitively, with a following accusative, 

 though a parallel to this, in transitive use, is to be found in 

 2 Pet. i. 19, AI''XI/UJ <jiaivovTi tv auxMipy roirip, "a light shining in a dark 

 place." 



36. "iva TeAcitao-u aina. This redundant use of alna is frequent in the 

 Greek Testament in expressions of this nature. 



39. 'EpewH-re is probably the indicative, and not imperative, as in 

 English version " You search the Scriptures, and those very Scrip- 

 tures are the strongest testimony in my favour." 



ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, in. 1 11. 



1 "Eirl rb avrb Se Tltrpos Kal 'IcodVi'Tjs a.vffiaivoi> fls rb Ifpbv 

 eirl rijv tiipav r-^s Trpocrevx^s r^v fvvdrrjv. 



2 Kai ns dv^p ;^&>Abs e'/c K0i\ias p.rirpbs avrov inrdpx&v efiaffrd- 

 fro~ t>v Iridovv KaO' r]fj.fpav irpbs ri]i> 6vpav TOV Ifpov r^v \fyo- 

 /ueVrjv 'npaiav, rov alrflv eAerj^uocrwrjj' irapd ruiv elffiroptvoneviav 

 fls rb ifpov. 



3 *Os I5ci!>' Utrpov Kal 'IcoaVi/Tjj' fj.f\\oi>ras flffifvat fls Tb iepbv, 

 ypcara fKfi}u.oo~vvf)v AajSelv. 



4 'Arfviffas Sf Tierpos els avrbv o~vv rcf 'liadwri, flirt, BAeJ/ov 

 fls 71/j.as. 



5 'O Se 4irf7xff avrois, irpoo~5oKeav TI Trap" avriav Kafifiv. 



6 E?Tre Sf Tlfrpos, 'Apyvptov Kal xpixrio^ oi>x virdpxft fJ-oi 6 8 

 fX w > TOVTO ffot 5i8cafj.i. fv T<f ovop.an "iTjeroG Xoiffrov TOV Na(Tco- 

 paiov, fytipai Kal ireptrraTfi. 



7 Kal iridffas avrbf rrjs 8e|iaj %eipbs tfyfipf irapa^pfj^a Se 

 fffrfpftaQriaav avrov at /3ao~fis Kal ra o~<pvpa, 



8 Kal |aAA^vo$ ecrri? Kal TrepifrraTei, ical fl<rrj\6f ffvv avrois 

 fls rb Itpbv, irfpnraritiv Kal a\\6fj.fvos Kal alveav rbv Qf6v. 



9 Kal fi$fi> avrbv iras o Aabx irfpnrarovvra /cat alvovvra rbv f6v 



10 ''Eirfyivwo-Ko'i' rf avrbv ori ovros fa 6 irpbs T^V f\(ff}^offvvi)v 

 KaQi\p.fvos firl Trj 'lipaia TT^ATJ TOV ifpov- Kai fTr\^o-9r)craif 6d/j.fiovs 

 Kal fKffrdffttas firl rtf <rvp.$f$riKOTi avrip. 



11 KparovvTos Se TOV laQfvros xcoAoC rbv Tltrpov Kal 'lwdvvr)v. 

 ffvvfSpafj.f irpbs avTovs iras o Aabs eVl rrj ffroa Trj KaAou/xeVj? 

 'S.oKop.iavTOS, fK.Qap.fioi. 



NOTES. 



1. 'Ewi TO a\n<>, at the same time, together. 



'Avefiatvov, were going up, the temple being on an elevation. So 

 we find (Luke xviii. 10), "Two men went up into the temple to 

 pray ; " (Isa. ii. 3), " Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the 

 Lord." 



'En/aT). We frequently find this hour mentioned in the Bible as the 

 hour of prayer. In Acts x. 30 Cornelius says, " I was at the ninth hour 

 praying in my house." 



2. 'En. With the sense of after, ever since his birth. 



'E^iOovv. The sense of the imperfect must be preserved in the trans- 

 lation whom they used to place a sense of repeated action. 



'npaiav. There is considerable doubt about the identity of this 

 gate. Some say it was that mentioned by Josephus as the ninth gate, 

 which was of brass adorned with gold ; but this was in the interior 

 of the temple, and it is not probable that the man would have gone 

 in so far. Some refer its derivation to ipa, and explain it the western 

 gate. 



Tou aiT6ii/. The genitive of the article with the infinitive is frequently 

 used in the Greek Testament to signify (1) a purpose, in order to, as 

 here ; or (2) a result, so as to. 



3. Aa/3IV. This infinitive is either to be construed with lipui-ra, asked, 



