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28. μενοῦν μακάριοι οἱ ἀκούοντες τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ φυλάσσοντες. ‘Yea truly, but &c.’ In classical Greek μὲν οὖν (or μενοῦνγε, immo vero) never begins a sentence, as it does here and in Rom 9:20; Rom 10:18. With the thought compare Luk 8:21. Our Lord invariably and systematically discouraged all attempt to exalt the merely human relationship or intercourse with Him, and taught that the Presence of His Spirit was to be a nearer and more blessed thing than knowledge of Him “after the flesh” (Joh 14:16; 2Co 5:16).
καὶ φυλάσσοντες. Hearing without obedience was more than valueless, Mat 7:21; Mat 12:50; Rom 2:13.