Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Luke 19:14 - 19:14

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Luke 19:14 - 19:14


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14. ἐμίσουν αὐτόν. And this was not strange, seeing that the very beginning of his reign had been signalised by a hideous massacre of his subjects. (Jos. Antt. XVII. 9, § 3.)

πρεσβείαν ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ. ‘An embassy to follow him’ (Luk 14:32). Vulg[332] legationem. Here again the incident would be entirely obscure, if we did not know from Josephus that the Jews did send an embassy of 50 to Augustus—who were met on their arrival at Rome by 8000 Jews—to recount the cruelties of Archelaus, and plead for deliverance from him and the Herods generally. (Jos. Antt. XVII. 11, § 1, &c.) Although not immediately successful, the embassy was one of the circumstances which led to his ultimate deposition.

[332] Vulg. Vulgate.

τοῦτον. The ‘this’ is supremely contemptuous. For the fact shadowed forth see Joh 15:18; Joh 19:14-15; Joh 19:21.