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Mat_6:30. Τὸν χόρτον τοῦ ἀγροῦ ] Placed first for sake of emphasis; ὁ χόρτος , however, is simply the grass, so that Jesus mentions the genus under which the lilies (which grow among the grass) are included, and that intentionally with a view to point them out as insignificant; 1Co_3:12; 1Pe_1:24.
σήμερον ὄντα ] which to-day exists.
εἰς κλίβ . βαλλόμ .] expresses what is done to-morrow, hence the present. Comp. Buttmann, neut. Gr. p. 178 [E. T. 206]. Dried grass with its flower-stalks and such like was also used for the purpose of heating baking ovens ( κλίβανοι , or Attic κρίβανοι , see Lobeck, ad Phryn. p. 179). Comp. remark on Mat_3:12; Harmar, Beobacht. üb. d. Orient, I. p. 239 f.
πολλῷ μᾶλλ .] expressing certainty.