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Mat_19:16 ff. Comp. Mar_10:17 ff.; Luk_18:18 ff.
Εἷς ] One, a single individual out of the multitude. According to Luke, the person in question was an ἄρχων , not a νεανίσκος (Mat_19:20), which is explicable (Holtzmann) on the ground of a different tradition, not from a misunderstanding on the part of Matthew founded on ἐκ νεότητ . μου (Mar_10:20).
τί ἀγαθὸν ποιήσω ] is not to be explained, with Fritzsche, as equivalent to τί ἀγαθὸν ὂν ποιήσω , quid, quod bonum sit, faciam? for the young man had already made an effort to do what is right, but, not being satisfied with what he had done, and not feeling sure of eternal life in the Messiah’s kingdom, he accordingly asks: which good thing am I to do, etc.? He wishes to know what particular thing in the category of the eternal good must be done by him in order to his obtaining life.