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Mat_13:30. Ἐν καιρῷ ] without the article, Winer, p. 118 [E. T. 147 ff.].
δήσατε αὐτὰ δεσμ .] (see critical remarks): bind them into bundles. For this construction of δής . with two accusatives, considering the resemblance between it and the root of δεσμ ., comp. Kühner, II. 1, p. 274.
The explanation of the parable, which latter is different from that given in Mar_4:26 ff. (in answer to Holtzmann, Weiss), is furnished by Jesus Himself in Mat_13:37 ff. It is to this effect. The visible church, up till the day of judgment, is to comprise within its pale those who are not members of the invisible church, and who shall have no part in the kingdom that is to be established. The separation is not a thing with which man is competent to deal, but must be left in the hands of the Judge. The matter is to be understood, however, in a broad and general way, so that it cannot be said at all to affect the right of individual excommunication and restoration. In regard to individuals, there remains the possibility (to which, however, the parable makes no reference whatever): “ut qui hodie sunt zizania, eras sint frumentum,” Augustine.