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Mat 18:12. Τί ὑμῖν δοκεῖ, κ.τ.λ., what think ye? etc.) A gracious instance of Communicatio.[814]-ἑκατὸν, an hundred) Otherwise the loss of one out of so great a number would be easier.[815]-ἕν, one) The roundness of the number would be broken, and the exact hundred diminished, by the loss even of one.-ἀφεὶς, leaving) It is the business of shepherds to give their first care to wandering sheep, as distinguished from those which are in the right way.-ἐπὶ τὰ ὄρη, into the mountains) even with great toil, into solitary places. The discourse appears to have been delivered on the shore of the lake of Gennesareth.[816]
[814] “A figure in rhetoric, whereby the orator consults the audience what they would do in such a case.”-Ainsworth. It is used in this sense by Cicero. See also explanation of technical terms in Appendix.-(I. B.)
[815] i.e. If it were not a round number.-(I. B.)
[816] Which was surrounded by mountains-(I. B.)