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Mat 20:13. Ἑνὶ, to one) who was a sample of the rest of the murmurers. Cf. concerning one, the Gnomon on ch. Mat 22:11.-ἑταῖρε, friend) An expression used also to those with whom we are not on friendly or intimate terms.[881]
[881] “ἑταῖρε, at first sight a friendly word merely, assumes a more solemn aspect when we recollect that it is used in ch. Mat 22:12, to the guest who had not the wedding garment; and in ch. Mat 26:50, by our Lord to Judas” Alford in loc.-(I. B.)
Οὐκ ἀδικῶ σε, I do thee no wrong) To do wrong to GOD is bad; but it is even worse to suppose one’s self wronged by GOD: and this happens more often than is generally supposed.-V. g.