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Mat 9:14. Τότε, then) At the time of the Feast.[413]-προσέρχονται Αὐτῷ, come to Him) of set purpose.-οἱ μαθηταὶ Ἰωάννου, the disciples of John) They were half-way between the Pharisees and the disciples of Jesus, and appear on this occasion to have been instigated by the Pharisees.[414]-Cf. Luk 5:33.-Σοῦ μαθηταὶ, Thy disciples) They proceed modestly, and do not enquire concerning John or Jesus Himself.
[413] It was also the day of the public fasts, as it appears, which were celebrated not by the enactment of divine Law, but according to the private will of certain individuals.-Harm., p. 283.
[414] For Matthew in this passage mentions the disciples of John; Mark (ch. Mar 2:18) mentions the same persons in company with the Pharisees; Luke mentions the Scribes and Pharisees.-Harm. 1. c.