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Mat 15:5. Ὑμεῖς δὲ, but you) What God commands are the offices of love; human traditions lead into all other things.[682]-δῶρον, a gift) i.e. it is a gift. Whatsoever, etc., is Corban. The formula was קרבן שאני נהנה לך, Let all that by which I might be serviceable to thee in any way whatsoever, be to me Corban; i.e. Let it be as much forbidden to me to benefit thee in anything, as it is unlawful for me to touch the Corban. See L. Capellus[683] on the Corban. Or else, to avoid the appearance of avarice, they actually offered to the Corban what was due to their parents; as many persons give to the poor or to orphans those things which they grudge to others, which they extort from them, or deny them.-ὁ ἐὰν, κ.τ.λ., whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me-ὠφεληθῆς, thou mightest be profited) The priests used to say, יהנה לך, It be useful to thee,[684] when the people offered anything.-καὶ, and) This particle denotes the commencement of the apodosis.[685]-Οὐ ΜῊ ΤΙΜΉΣῌ, shall not honour) The decree of the Pharisees was, such an one shall be free from all obligation towards father and mother. Our Lord, however, expresses this in words which bring out more clearly the unrighteousness of the Pharisees in opposition to the commandment of God.
[682] In the original, “in alia omnia eunt,” i.e. into all things which are of a different, nay, a contrary character.
[683] LUDOVICUS CAPELLUS was born at Sedan in 1586. He became a theologian and philologist of Saumur, was a first-rate Hebrew scholar, and deeply versed in Rabbinical learning. His writings are very numerous. He died in 1658.-(I. B.)
[684] Sc. “It (i.e. the offering) be profitable to thee.” A form of benediction.-(I. B.)
[685] By a Hebraism, which however is also found in Greek, ex. gr. Demosthenes de Cor., “Whosoever (when any one soever) shall say, etc.-then (καὶ) he shall not (need not) honour,” etc.-ED.
Compare a similar construction occurring Rev 2:24.-E. B.