Heinrich Meyer Commentary - Matthew 15:3 - 15:3

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Heinrich Meyer Commentary - Matthew 15:3 - 15:3


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Mat_15:3. Καί ] also, implies a comparison between the ὑμεῖς and οἱ μαθηταί σου ; that is to say, the παραβαίνειν is acknowledged to be true of both parties, the only difference being in the matters in which the transgression is exemplified. Klotz, ad Devar. p. 636.

διὰ τ . παράδ . ὑμ .] which you observe. Notice how the one question is met with another in the same style, thereby rendering the reductio ad absurdum only the more telling. Luther appropriately remarks that “He places one wedge against the other, and therewith drives the first back.”