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Mat_25:35 f. Συνηγάγετέ με ] ye have taken me along with, introduced me, that is, into your family circle along with the members of your family. This meaning, but not that of Fritzsche: “simul convivio adhibuistis,” is involved in the idea of ξένος . For συνάγω , as used with reference to a single individual who is gathered in along with others, comp. Xen. Cyrop. v. 3. 11; LXX. Deu_22:2; 2Sa_11:27; Jdg_19:18; Sir_13:15. For instances of Rabbinical promises of paradise in return for hospitality, see Schoettgen and Wetstein.
γυμνός ] “Qui male vestitum et pannosum vidit, nudum se vidisse dicit,” Seneca, de benef. v. 3; Jam_2:15. Comp. on Joh_21:7; Act_19:16.