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Woe
These woes are not noted by Matthew.
Have received (ἀπέχετε)
In Mat 6:5, Mat 6:16, the Rev. has properly changed “they have their reward” to “they have received.” The verb, compounded of ἀπό, off or from, and ἔχω, lo have, literally means to have nothing left to desire. Thus in Phi 4:18, when Paul says, “I have all things (ἀπέχω πάντα),” he does not mean merely an acknowledgment of the receipt of the Church's gift, but that he is fully furnished. “I have all things to the full.”
Consolation (παράκλησις)
From παρά, to the side of, and καλέω, to call or summon. Literally, a calling to one's side to help; and therefore entreaty, passing on into the sense of exhortation, and thence into that of consolatory exhortation; and so coming round to mean that which one is summoned to give to a suppliant - consolation. Thus it embodies the call for help, and the response to the call. Its use corresponds with that of the kindred verb παρακαλέω, to exhort or console. In its original sense of calling for aid the noun appears in the New Testament only in 2Co 8:4 : with much entreaty. The verb appears frequently in this sense, rendered beseech, pray (Mat 8:34; Mat 14:36; Mar 1:40; Mar 5:12, etc.). In the sense of consolation or comfort the noun occurs in Luk 2:25; Luk 6:24; 2Co 1:3; 2Co 7:4; Phm 1:7. The verb, in Mat 2:18; Mat 5:4 :; Luk 16:25; 2Co 1:4. In some instances, however, the meaning wavers between console and exhort. In the sense of exhortation or counsel, the noun may be found in Act 13:15; Rom 12:8; Heb 13:22. The verb, in Act 2:40; Act 11:23; Act 14:22; Rom 12:8; Tit 2:15. Neither the noun nor the verb appear in the writings of John, but the kindred word παράκλητος the Paraclete, Comforter, or Advocate, is peculiar to him. On this word, see on Joh 14:16. It should be noted, however, that the word comfort goes deeper than its popular conception of soothing. It is from the later Latin confortare, to make strong. Thus Wycliffe renders Luk 1:80, “the child waxed, and was comforted in spirit” (A. V., waxed strong); and Tyndale, Luk 22:43, “there appeared an angel from heaven comforting him” (A. V., strengthening). The comfort which Christ gives is not always soothing. The Holy Spirit, the Comforter, is to convince of sin and of judgment. Underlying the word is the sense of a wise counsel or admonition which rouses and braces the moral nature and encourages and strengthens it to do and to endure. When, therefore, Christ says “they that mourn shall be comforted,” he speaks in recognition of the fact that all sorrow is the outcome of sin, and that true comfort is given, not only in pardon for the past, but in strength to fight and resist and overcome sin. The atmosphere of the word, in short, is not the atmosphere of the sick-chamber, but the tonic breath of the open world, of moral struggle and victory; the atmosphere for him that climbs and toils and fights.