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Mat 18:7. Τῷ κόσμῳ, to the world) offences spread far and wide,-τῶν σκανδάλων, of THE offences) τὰ σκάνδαλα, THE offences.-τὸ σκάνδαλον, THE offence) The article is emphatic.-ἀνάγκη[810] γάρ ἐστιν ἐλθεῖν τὰ σκάνδαλα, for it must needs be that offences come) especially in the age blessed by the presence of the Messiah; just as insects abound in summer. The disciples were near offence: how much nearer must others have been!-πλὴν, but) used emphatically.[811] Woe to the world which is injured by offences: but woe indeed to the man who injures it by offence.
[810] Ἀνάγκη, it is necessary) On account of the frequency of unbelief.-V. g.
[811] Πλὴν being added to the previous enunciation, forms an ‘Epitasis,’ or emphatic addition. See Append.-ED.