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Mar_9:41. See on Mat_10:42. There is nothing opposed to the assumption that Jesus uttered such a saying here also, and generally on several occasions.
γάρ refers, by way of assigning a reason, to what immediately precedes, in so far, namely, as the high significance of their position in the world is contained in ὃς οὐκ ἔστι καθʼ ὑμῶν , ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ἔστιν . “For ye are such important persons as the Messiah’s disciples in the world, that he who shows to you the smallest service of love,” etc.
ἐν ὀνόματι ὅτι κ . τ . λ .] so that this rendering of service has its impelling reason in the name, in the characteristic designation, that ye are Messiah’s disciples, i.e. for the sake of the name. Comp. Winer, p. 346 f. [E. T. 484]. On εἶναί τινος , addictum esse alicui, see Bremi, ad Dem. Phil. III. p. 125, 56; Seidler, ad Eur. El. 1098; Ast, Lex. Plat. I. p. 621.