Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 13:39 - 13:39

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 13:39 - 13:39


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39. συντέλεια. In classical Greek ‘a joint subscription, or association for paying state dues,’ &c. later the ‘completion’ of a scheme opposed to ἀρχὴ or ἐπιβολή, cp. συντέλειαν ἐπιθεῖναι τοῖς ἔργοις, Polyb. XI. 33, 7.

συντέλεια αἰῶνος. ‘Completion of the Æon,’ the expression is confined to this Gospel; see below, Mat 13:40; Mat 13:49 and ch. Mat 24:3, but compare Heb 9:26, ἐπὶ συντελείᾳ τῶν αἰώνων, ‘at the completion of the Æons,’ and 1Co 10:11, τὰ τέλη τῶν αἰώνων, the ends or the final result of the Æons. In the two last passages the ‘Æons’ are the successive periods previous to the advent of Christ, the ‘Æon’ of the text is the period introduced by Christ, which will not be completed till his second Advent.