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Mat 11:18. Ἦλθε, came) A striking instance of Anaphora;[531] cf. Mat 11:19.-ΜΉΤΕ ἘΣΘΊΩΝ, neither eating) John did not eat with others, nor even in the presence of others. His mode of life agreed with the character of his teaching, and so did that of Christ [with the character of HIS teaching.] Therefore the one is, as it were, implied by the other.-μήτε πίνων, nor drinking) See Luk 1:15.-λέγουσι, they say) The world disparages virtue, representing it as the extreme; it advocates the cause of vice, representing it as the mean.-δαιμόνἱον, a devil) in common parlance, a familiar spirit.-ἔχει, He has) A reproach common to the Jews, by which they denoted one who was mad, or silly, or proud. They who abstain from the society of men, easily incur this suspicion.
[531] See Append. The same word repeated in the beginnings of sentences or sections, in order to mark them.-ED.