Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Luke 9:21 - 9:21

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Luke 9:21 - 9:21


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21. μηδενὶ λέγειν. For these perhaps among other reasons:—1. Because His work was not yet finished. 2. Because as yet their faith was very weak and their knowledge very partial. 3. Because they had not yet received the Holy Spirit to give power to their testimony. 4. Because the public proclamation of the truth would have precipitated the workings of God’s foreordained plan (πρόθεσις, Eph 1:9; Eph 3:11). The Messianic errors and confusions of the day were so numerous that, as Riggenbach says, “Jesus was obliged at once to reveal and to veil Himself, to kindle and to cover the flame.”