The International Critical Commentary on the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments Volume 28 - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ...of the very highest character" (Jes. of Nat. iv. p. 263). Lk. and Mk. omit the praise bestowed on Peter for this confession, and the much discussed promise made to him (Mt. xvL 17-19). Can it be of supreme importance? 21. fiT)oeKi tytiv Touto. Because of the grossly erroneous views about the Messiah which prevailed among the people. Shortly before this they had wished to take Him by force and make Him king (Jn. vi. 15). Hence Jesus never proclaimed Himself openly to the multitude as the Messiah; and here, when He does to the Twelve, He explains the nature of His Kingdom, and strictly forbids them to make His Messiahship known. The nearest approach to exceptions to this practice are the Samaritan woman (Jn. iv. 26), and the outcast from the synagogue (Jn. ix. 37). Others explain the command to keep silence as prompted by the fear lest the guilt of those who were about to put Jesus to death should be increased by the disciples proclaiming Him as the Messiah. Others again suggest the fear lest the people, if they Knew that He was the Messiah, should attempt to rescue Him from the death which it was necessary that He should undergo. Neither of these appears to be satisfactory. In any case the SI is adversative. What Peter said was quite true: "tut He charged them, and commanded." 22. Lk. does not tell us, as Mk. does, and still more plainly Mt, that this was the beginning of Christ's predictions respecting His Passion: i)paTo 8toarceiv avrovs on A, K.r.A. (Mk. viii. 31); diri Tot rjpa.To Sfucvvftv, K.T.A. (Mt. xvi. 21). The first announcement of such things must have seemed overwhelming. Peter's protest perhaps expressed the feeling of most of them. tiirui' Sti Aei. The on is recitative, not argumentative. The Ael...
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