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Mat 13:35. Τὸ ῥηθὲν, which was spoken) viz. Psa 78:2-ἀνοίξω ἐν παραβολαῖς τὸ στόμα μου, φθέγξομαι προβλήματα ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς, I will open my month in parables, I will utter [things which have been] problems from the beginning.-προφήτου, prophet) who was the author of that psalm. The Spirit of Christ was in the prophets; therefore the prophets could, after their manner, predicate of themselves those things which were afterwards most richly fulfilled in Christ.-ἀνοίξω, I will open) which before had not been done.-ἀνοίξω, I will utter) in Hebrew אביעה, I will pour out, which the LXX. elsewhere render ἐρεύγομαι in Psa 19:3, and ἐξερεύγομαι in Psa 119:171; Psa 145:7. Hesychius renders ἐρεύγεται by ἀναβάλλει, throws up, i.e. as a spring does water. He also renders ἐρεύγετο by ἐβρύχετο, roared, ἔβρυεν, was overflowing with; but βρύχειν is said of the noise of the floods, and the roaring of the lion. Therefore the verb ἐρεύγομαι denotes a gushing spring, which resounds by reason of the abundance and impetuosity of its waters; whence the LXX. put ἐρεύγεσθαι also for שאג, to roar.-καταβολῆς, foundation) It does not mean only the foundations, but also the building; see 2Ma 2:29.