Heinrich Meyer Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4

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Heinrich Meyer Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4


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CHAPTER 4

2Co_4:4. αὐγάσαι ] A, 10, 17, 23, 31, and several Fathers have διαυγάσαι ; C D E, 73, Or. (once) Eus. al. have καταυγάσαι . So Lachm. on the margin. Two more precise definitions to accord with the context. The αὐτοῖς that follows (in Elz.) has decisive evidence against it, and is an addition.—2Co_4:6. λάμψαι ] Lachm. reads λάμψει , following A B D* à * 67** Aeth. But the evidence of almost all the Versions and all the Fathers is against it; and how easily λάμψει might occur to the copyists through remembrance of the direct address in Gen_1:3!

The omission of the following ὅς (D* F G 36, It. Chrys. and several Fathers), as well as the weakly-supported readings ὡς , οὗτος , and ipse, are corrections arising from not understanding the sens.

τοῦ θεοῦ ] Lachm. reads αὐτοῦ , on no preponderating evidence. A change for the sake of the style; for if it had been αὐτοῦ originally, there would have been no uncertainty whatever about the reference, and so no reason for glossing it by τοῦ θεοῦ .

Ἰησοῦ ] is to be deleted, according to A B 17, Or. (once) al., with Lachm. Tisch. and Rück.—2Co_4:10. τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ] Elz. has τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ , against decisive testimony.—2Co_4:12. ὁ θάν .] Elz. has ὁ μὲν θάν ., against decisive testimony.—2Co_4:14. διὰ Ἰησοῦ ] Lachm. Tisch. Rück. and also Reiche (Comm. crit. I. p. 351 f.) have σὺν Ἰησοῦ , following B C D E F G à * 6, 17, 31, Copt. Slav. Vulg. It. Tert. Ambros. Pel. Rightly; the σὺν Ἰησοῦ appeared unsuitable in point of time to the resurrection of the dead.—2Co_4:16. ὁ ἔσωθεν ] Lachm. and Rück. read ὁ ἔσω ἡμῶν , following preponderating evidence, indeed; but it is evidently a change in accordance with what goes before.—2Co_4:17. After ταραυτίκα , D* E F G 31, Syr. Arr. Arm. Vulg. It. and Latin Fathers have πρόσκαιρον καί . A gloss, which has crept in, of παραυτίκα . Comp. Theodoret: διὰ τοῦ παραυτίκα ἔδειξε τὸ βραχύ τε καὶ πρόσκαιρον .

REMARK.

In the Codex Alexandrinus all from 2Co_4:13, ἐπίστευσα , to 2Co_12:6 inclusive, is wanting through mutilation.

CONTENTS.

Continuation of the theme begun in 2Co_3:12 f. (2Co_4:1-6); relation of the external state, so full of suffering, to the glory of the office (2Co_4:7-18).