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Mat 19:19. Τίμα, honour) Honour implies somewhat in addition to love.-τὸν πατέρα, thy father) It may be supposed that the young man in question had transgressed this more than the negative commandments; on which ground it is placed last.-τὸν πλησίον, thy neighbour) The Jews were peculiarly deficient in the love of their neighbour.-ὡς σεαυτὸν, as thyself) The love wherewith God loveth us, is the standard of the love wherewith we ought to love one another. God loves Titius as He does Caius: therefore Caius ought to love Titius as he does Caius, i.e., as himself.[868] Yet the love of the godly, like that of God, is not without discrimination of the good and the bad.[869]
[868] He who is endued with this love will evince it even to the child of beggars: he who is not endued with it will prefer himself to all men whatsoever, even to the elect of God.-V. g.
[869] Mat 19:20. ἐκ νεότητός μου, from my youth) The reading which omits these words, however less probable it be declared by the margin of both Editions, has nevertheless been subsequently received into the Vers. Germ., the reasons on both sides being regarded by Bengel in a different light from what they had been.-E. B.
BL Vulg. Cypr. Iren, omit the words. But Dabc Orig. 3,669d, Hilary 704, retain them (D omitting μου). The words are plainly, I think, interpolated through Harmonies from Mar 10:20, Luk 18:21.-ED.