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Mat_26:10. Γνούς ] Comp. Mat_16:8. We may imagine what precedes to have been spoken among the disciples in a low murmuring tone.
κόπους παρέχειν , to give trouble, to cause annoyance. See Kypke, Obss. I. p. 130. Comp. πόνον παρέχειν (Herod, i. 177), and such like.
ἔργον γάρ , κ . τ . λ .] Justification of the disapproval implied in the foregoing question. καλόν , when used with ἔργον , is, according to ordinary usage, to be taken in an ethical sense; thus (comp. Mat_5:16): an excellent deed, one that is morally beautiful, and not a piece of waste, as ye are niggardly enough to suppose. The disciples had allowed their estimate of the action to be determined by the principle of mere utility, and not by that of moral propriety, especially of love to Christ.