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Mat 22:5. Ἀμελήσαντες, making light of, neglecting) This is a greater offence than the previous, They would not come. They ought to have understood (see Act 7:25), and to have watched.-ἀπῆλθον, they departed) leaving even the city, which was therefore burnt; see Mat 22:7. He who does not answer the call, loses even those advantages which he previously had possessed.-τὸν ἴδιον-αὐτοῦ, his own-his) Egoism.[952]-ἀγρὸν-ἐμπορίαν, field-merchandise) The one busied with immoveable, the other with moveable goods; the one detained by a false contentment (αὐτάρκεια[953]), the other by the desire of acquiring more.
[952] In the original, “ἴδιον· αὐτοῦ, proprium: suum) Suitas.” This is one of those passages which it is far more easy to understand than to translate. There is a connection between the expression “Suitas” (a word, I believe, coined by Bengel for the occasion) and suum immediately preceding. The meaning is, that the words, ἴδιον, αὐτοῦ, both refer to Self, and imply a recognition of Self as the object of thought and consideration, apart from, independent of, in contradistinction, nay in preference to, GOD-in fact, a state or feeling the very opposite to that involved in the Apostle’s words (1Co 6:19-20), Ye are NOT YOUR OWN: ye are bought with a price. Therefore glorify GOD in your body, and in your spirit, WHICH ARE GOD’S.-(I. B.)
[953] See p. 150, f. n. 3, and on Mat 10:9.-(I. B.)