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Mat_6:6. Ταμεῖον ] any room in the interior of the house, as opposed to the synagogues and the streets. We are therefore not to think exclusively of the closet in the strict sense of the word, which was called ὑπερῷον ; see note on Act_1:13. For the expression, comp. Isa_24:20; for ταμεῖον , conclave, see Xen. Hell. v. 4. 5; Mat_24:26; Sir_29:12; Tob_7:17.
ἀποδώσει σοι ] for thy undemonstrative piety. It is not public prayer in itself that Jesus condemns, but praying in an ostentatious manner; rather than this, He would have us betake ourselves to a lonely room. Theophylact: ὁ τόπος οὐ βλάπτει , ἀ̓ λλʼ ὁ τρόπος καὶ ὁ σκόπος .