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Mat 15:4. Ὁ γὰρ Θεὸς, for God) In contrast with ὑμεῖς δὲ, but you, in Mat 15:5.-τίμα, honour) Honour signifies benefits which are due (see Gnomon on 1Ti 5:3), the denial of which is the greatest insult. Thus, in the S. V. of Pro 3:9, τίμα τὸν Κύριον (honour the Lord) occurs with reference to sacrifices. An instance of metonymy of the antecedent for the consequent. In Exo 20:12, S. V., it stands thus:-τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα σου: honour thy father and thy mother. The second σου (thy) is not expressed in the present passage.-ὁ κακολογῶν, he that curseth) In Exo 21:16 : ὁ κακολογῶν πατέρα αὐτοῦ ἢ μητέρα αὐτοῦ θανάτῳ τελευτάτω:[680] he that curseth his father or his mother, let him die[681] the death.-Life is assailed by curses, and children receive their life through their parents.-θανάτῳ, death) Observe this, O youth!
[680] The Vatican MS. reads τελευτήσει θανάτῳ.-(I. B.)
[681] Lit. “Let him die by death.”-(I. B.)