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Mat_11:28. Πάντες ] gratia universalis. “In this all thou oughtest to include thyself as well, and not suppose that thou dost not belong to the number; thou shouldst not seek for another register of God,” Melanchthon.
κοπ . καί πεφορτ .] through the legal and Pharisaic ordinances under which the man is exhausted and weighed down as with a heavy burden, without getting rid of the painful consciousness of sin, Mat_23:4. Comp. Act_15:10; Act_13:39.
κἀγώ ] emphatic: and I, what your teachers and guides cannot do.
ἀναπαύσω ] I will procure you rest, i.e. ἐλευθερώσω καὶ τοῦ τοιούτου κόπου καὶ τοῦ τοιούτου βάρους (Euth. Zigabenus), so as to secure the true peace of your souls, Joh_14:27; Joh_16:33; Rom_5:1. Mat_11:29 tells in what way.