Homily LXXXVIII

--R.] [226] Comp. Herbert's Country Parson, c. 10. "He himself, or his wife, takes account of sermons, and how every one profits, comparing this year with the last." [227] ["Let us therefore remember again what was lately said, and thus go on to what is set before us to-day."--R.] [228] Ephes. ii. 14. [229] [The view here indicated, that this citation was part of the angelic message, is not generally held (but see J. A. Alexander in loco). It seems to me inconsistent with the last clause of verse 23: "which is, being interpreted," etc.--R.] [230] ["Unless," is not found in the mss., but inserted by the editors as necessary to the sense.--R.] [231] ["Prophet" is the correct rendering; the plural in the Oxford version is probably due to a typographical error.--R.] [232] Isa. viii. 3. [Chrysostom does not use the Hebrew name here, but simply repeats a part of the Greek phrase used to translate "Maher-shalal-hash-baz" in the LXX., which he had already given in the previous sentence: Tacho skleuson, xo pronmeuson. The R.V. in loco does not accept the imperative rendering, but gives this marginal explanation: "That is, The spoil speedeth, the prey hasteth."--R.] [233] Isa. i. 26, 27. [234] [Supplied by translator; literally, "it speaks."--R.] [235] i.e., Aquila who flourished A.D. 128, Theodotion, A.D. 175, Symmachus, A.D. 201: who were all of them Jews or Judaizing heretics. Cave, Hist. Lit. i. 32, 48, 64. [236] [This reference to the "agreement" of the LXX. seems to indicate an acceptance of the current tradition in regard to the supernatural exactness of that version.--R.] [237] Ps. cxlviii. 12. [238] Deut. xxii. 27. In our translation, "the betrothed damsel cried." This place is cited by St. Jerome on Matt. with reference to the same argument. [239] Isa. vii. 14. [240] [There is no indication here of any knowledge of the reading found in the oldest authorities of every class (uncials, cursives and versions): eteken un, instead of eteken tn un at tn prottokon. The latter is the reading of all authorities in Luke ii. 7.--R.] [241] Gen. viii. 7. [242] Ps. xc. 2. [243] Ps. lxxii. 7. [244] John xix. 27. [245] John vii. 5. [In regard to the "brethren of our Lord," there seems to be some confusion in the statements of Chrysostom: Comp. Hom. LXXXVIII., on chap. xxvii. 55, 56. The digression here to the character of James seems intended to divert from the historical discussion.--R.] [246] Acts xv. 4, xvi. 4, xxi. 18. [247] See Hegesippus in St. Jerome de Viris Illustr., c. 2. [248] Acts xxi. 20; see also verse 22. [249] [andrean, "manliness."--R.] [250] epieike. [251] Ps. xlix. 7. [This is the rendering of the LXX.--R.] [252] [kan , "even if it were."--R.] [253] Jer. xi. 14. [254] Jer. xv. 1. [255] Ezek. xiv. 14, 16. [256] Gen. xviii. 33. [257] 1 Sam. xvi. 1. [258] Num. xii. 14. [259] Ex. xxxii.; Num. xii. [260] Alluding, perhaps, to 2 Maccab. xv. 13-16. [261] Dan. ii. 24. [262] Matt. xviii. 26-34. [263] Luke xv. 13-20. [264] Luke xvi. 9. It would seem from this that the saints whom we are to supplicate for their help are those on earth, whom we may assist by our alms. And the examples before tend to confirm this view. [265] 2 Cor. xix. 6.