John Bengel Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:9 - 5:9

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John Bengel Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:9 - 5:9


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1Ti 5:9. Καταλεγέσθα) let not a widow be taken into the number.-μὴ ἔλαττον ἐτῶν ἑξήκοντα) The genitive here does not depend on the comparative, for in that case it would have been written ἔλαττων,[40] but on ΧΉΡΑ; ἜΛΑΤΤΟΝ (for ΚΑΤᾺ ἜΛΑΤΤΟΝ, as Lat. summum, minimum, for ad summum, ad minimum, at most, at least) is used adverbially. So Plato, τάλαντα οὐκ ἔλαττον ἑκατόν (at least a hundred talents; literally, a hundred talents-not less).-ἐτῶν ἑξήκοντα, of sixty years) The antithesis is in 1Ti 5:11. Even virgins of this age might be reckoned among widows. But the apostle would by no means praise those who would thrust their younger daughters into monasteries, where they may remain from their youth up to their death.-ἑνὸς, of one) i.e. who has been lawfully married, or has had one husband, or one and afterwards a second.

[40] A widow having attained the age of sixty years-not less.-ED.