John Bengel Commentary - Matthew 26:64 - 26:64

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John Bengel Commentary - Matthew 26:64 - 26:64


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Mat 26:64. Σὺ εἶπας, Thou hast said) “With regard to the question of Caiaphas, our Lord declares that He is the Christ, as though it were affirmed in the words of the interrogator. Nor is this form of speech uncommon in ordinary Greek discourse. In the Hyppolytus of Euripides, we find, σοῦ τάδʼ οὐκ ἐμοῦ κλύεις,[1160] Thou hearest those things from thyself, not from me. And in the third book of Xenophon’s Memorabilia, αὐτὸς, ἔφη, τοῦτο λέγεις, ὦ Σώκρατες, Thou thyself, said he, sayest this, O Socrates,”-CAMERARIUS.-πλὴν, nevertheless) although ye do not believe it.-πλὴν as well as ἈΛΛᾺ is frequently used epitatically.[1161]-ἀπʼ ἄρτι, κ.τ.λ., From this time forward, etc.[1162]) From this time forward, it shall come to pass that ye shall see and know, by visible proofs, that I am HE who shall sit on the right hand of power, and come in the clouds of heaven. A pregnant mode of expression (sermo complexus). Henceforward YE SHALL SEE me sitting and COMING.[1163] The return to judgment is combined with the sitting on the right hand: and after the Lord’s Passion they believed (see Joh 8:28), that which hereafter they shall see. They did not believe in the past; therefore Jesus (as He frequently did) appeals to the future. In the glory of Jesus this is the first thing, that He is the Son of God: that He will come to judgment is the last. The former is the foundation of the latter; the latter the most glorious proof of the former. In the most adverse circumstances, it always especially consoles the sons of God to contemplate the consummation of all things: cf. Gnomon on 2Co 11:15.-τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου, the Son of Man) He speaks in the third person, modestly but openly.-καθήμενον, sitting) Jesus was then standing. On His ascension, He sat down at the right hand of God.-ἐκ δεξιῶν, κ.τ.λ., on the right hand, etc.) A manifestation of the deity of Christ.-δεξιῶν, the rigid hand) The neuter plural, τὰ δεξιὰ, is used in this sense.-Τῆς ΔΥΝΆΜΕΩς, of power) that is of God. The Hebrews often call God הגבורה [Power]. Power is manifested most widely and openly in all the works of God.

[1160] Ed. Dindorf, line 352.-(I. B.)

[1161] See explanation of technical terms in voc. Epitasis.-(I. B.)

[1162] In the original a modo, which is found in the Vulgate. In his German Version Bengel renders it, Von nun an, i.e. from this moment, henceforth. E. V. renders it, hereafter.-(I. B.)

[1163] Ye shall soon after this present time believe in my being the Son of God, and in this sense, by faith shall see me sitting; and thereby shall perceive also that I am coming as Judge.-ED.