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Mat_12:36 f. Nominative absolute, as in Mat_10:14; Mat_10:32.
ἀργόν ] meaning, according to the context, morally useless, which negative expression brings out the idea more pointedly than πονηρόν , the reading of several Curss., would have done. Comp. λόγοι ἄκαρποι in Plato, Phaedr. p. 277 A.
ἐκ γὰρ τῶν λόγων σου , κ . τ . λ .] For on thy words will be founded thine acquittal, on thy words will be founded thy condemnation in the Messianic judgment. The connection required that this matter of a man’s accountability for his words should be prominently noticed; and, seeing that the words are to be regarded as the natural outcome of the disposition, such accountability is quite consistent with justice; nor does it exclude responsibility for his actions as well, though this does not come into view in connection with the subject now under consideration. With reference to the bearing of this saying on justification by faith, Calovius appropriately observes: “Quid enim aliud sermones sancti, quam fides sonans?” and vice versâ.