John Bengel Commentary - Matthew 16:14 - 16:14

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John Bengel Commentary - Matthew 16:14 - 16:14


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Mat 16:14. Οἱ μὲν-ἄλλοι δὲ-ἕτεροι δὲ, some-some-and others) It is not sufficient that we should know the various opinions of others, we ought ourselves to have a fixed faith, which then may make progress, even by the opinions of others, though vain in themselves.-Ἰωάννην-ἢ ἓνα τῶν προφητῶν, John-or one of the prophets) There is no need to refer this to the notion of a metempsychosis believed by the Pharisees; for they expected the return of Elias himself in person, who was not dead, or the resurrection of the others from the dead;[735] see ch. Mat 14:2 : Luk 9:8; Luk 9:19.-ἸΕΡΕΜΊΑΝ, Jeremiah) who was at that time expected by the Jews.-ἕνα, one) i.e. some one indefinitely. They did not think that anything greater could come than they had already had. They did not compare Jesus with Moses.

[735] The suspicion they formed was not that the soul of Elijah or others had passed into the body of Jesus, according to the Pythagorean doctrine of metempsychosis, but an actual return of Elijah in person, or a resurrection of the others named.-ED.