John Bengel Commentary - Luke 11:13 - 11:13

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John Bengel Commentary - Luke 11:13 - 11:13


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Luk 11:13. [Πόσῳ μᾶλλον, how much more) Since the readiness in freely giving is so great on the part of GOD: how great, I ask, must be thought to be the torpor which lurks beneath on the part of men, even though offering prayer, seeing that so few things are obtained by prayer!-V. g.]-ὁ Πατὴρ ὁ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, the Father who is of heaven) who is supremely good.-Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον,[107] the Holy Spirit) the best of all good gifts, and with it all things: ch. Luk 24:49. The Holy Spirit is a spirit good and joyous: τὸ Πνεῦμά σου τὸ ἀγαθόν, Psa 143:10, in LXX. It is the Holy Spirit Himself that works in man the first beginning of the desire for Himself. He is moreover more necessary to the soul than food is to the body.

[107] The Germ. Vers. prefers the reading ἀγαθὸν, which is considered an inferior reading in the margin of both Editions.-E. B. AB and Rec. Text read πνεῦμα ἅγιον. Dbcd (datum), Orig. 1,213c; 3,650d. read ἀγαθὸν δόμα. L and Vulg. read πνεῦμα ἀγαθόν. The ἀλαθὸν and δόμα have both probably crept in here, through the harmonies, from Mat 7:11.-ED. and TRANSL.