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Mat 11:13. Γὰρ, for) Now is fulfilled that which had been predicted up to the time of John.-προφῆται-νόμος-Ἰωάννου, prophets-law-John) Cf. Mal. 1:1, 3:22, 23; and see Gnomon on Mat 3:12. There were prophets also before Moses; and the law being put in the second place, makes a regular gradation; for Moses was the greatest of the prophets of the Old Testament. The law also is mentioned in this passage on account of its prophetic office. Where the Old Testament concludes at the end of Malachi, there the New Testament commences at the beginning of Mark. This phrase, therefore, even until John, holds good of Scripture. Its application extends also beyond Malachi, even to the father of John. Sec Luk 1:67. Even until, without change. Here was the boundary of prophecy and of the Old Testament dispensation; thenceforward is the fulfilling.-προεφήτευσαν, prophesied) This was the whole of their office, to bear witness to future things. John was something more. See Mat 11:9.