Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Luke 9:16

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Luke 9:16 - 9:16

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Luke 9:16 - 9:16

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16. κατέκλασεν καὶ ἐδίδου. The ‘brake’ is in the aorist and the ‘gave’ in the imperfect, and although it is a useless presumption to inquire into the mode of this most remarkable miracle, these two words give us this detail only,—that it took place between the act of breaking and the continuous distribution. But “Falleret momento visum … Est quod non erat; videtur quod non intelligitur” (Hilary). The marvel lay in the Doer, not in the deed. Aug.