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46. διχοτομήσει αὐτόν. This was literally a punishment prevalent among some ancient nations, 2Sa 12:31; 1Ch 20:3; Dan 2:5; Herod. Luk 7:39. Comp. Heb 11:37 (the legendary martyrdom of Isaiah) and Susannah 55–59. Hence Bengel says, “Qui cor divisum habet, dividetur.” But because of the following clause, which evidently refers to a living person, it is thought that διχοτομήσει must here be used in the sense of ‘shall scourge’ (compare the next verse), although there is no other instance of such a sense.
μετὰ τῶν ἀπίστων. ‘With the faithless.’ Vulg[268] infidelibus. (See Luk 12:42, and Mat 24:51.)
[268] Vulg. Vulgate.