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standing: i.e. in a position of humility.
afar off. Compare Psa_40:12. Ezr_9:6.
not . . . so much as = not even. Greek. ou (App-105.) oude.
unto. Greek. eis. App-104.
heaven = the heaven. Singular. See note on Mat_6:9, Mat_6:10.
smote, &c. = was smiting, &c., or, began to smite. Expressive of mental grief. Compare Luk_23:48. Jer_31:19. Nah_2:7.
upon. Greek. eis; but all the texts omit.
be merciful = be propitiated or reconciled (through the atoning blood sprinkled on the mercy-seat). Greek. hilaskomai. Compare Exo_25:17, Exo_25:18, Exo_25:21. Rom_3:25. Heb_2:17. Used in the Septuagint in connexion with the mercy-seat (Greek. hilasterion). Heb_9:5.
a sinner = the sinner (compare 1Ti_1:15). Greek. hamartolos. Compare App-128.