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Mat_10:42. Ἕνα … τούτων ] a single one of these ( δεικτικῶς ) little ones. According to the whole context, which has been depicting the despised and painful circumstances of the disciples, and is now addressing to them the necessary encouragement, it is to be regarded as intentional and significant that Jesus employs the term μικρῶν (not μαθητῶν ), an expression which (in answer to Wetstein) is not usual among Rabbinical writers to convey the idea of disciples. Otherwise Mat_18:6.
μόνον ] only, connected with what precedes.
τὸν μισθὸν αὐτοῦ ] the reward awaiting him, in the kingdom of the Messiah; Mat_5:12. Grotius says correctly: “Docemur hic, facta ex animo, non animum ex factis apud Deum aestimari.”