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4. ἔλεγεν. Imperfect, ‘told him repeatedly.’
ἔχειν, ‘to marry’ her. ἔχειν has this special force, 1Co 5:1, τοιαύτη πορνεία … ὥστε γυναῖκά τινα τοῦ πατρὸς ἔχειν. ch. Mat 22:28, πάντες γὰρ ἔσχον αὐτήν. Xen. Cyrop. I, Κυαξάρης ἔπεμψε πρὸς Καμβύσην τὸν τὴν ἀδελφὴν ἔχοντα.
οὐκ ἔξεστίν σοι ἔχειν αὐτήν. St Luke adds, Luk 3:19, that Herod was also reproved ‘περὶ πάντων ὧν ἐποίησεν πονηρῶν.’ ‘Boldly to rebuke vice’ is fixed upon as the leading characteristic of the Baptist in the collect for St John the Baptist’s day.