Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 21:16

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 21:16 - 21:16

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 21:16 - 21:16

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16. ἐκ στόματος νηπίων κ.τ.λ. The LXX. version is followed, the rendering of the Hebrew is: ‘out of (or by) the mouths of children and sucklings hast thou founded strength’. Psa 8:2. The ruling thought of the opening verses is the glory of God set forth in His works. The ‘scarcely articulate’ cry of an infant proves, like the heaven and the stars, the power and providence of God. On all these God builds a stronghold against His adversaries, i.e. convinces them of His might. So also the children in the temple attest the truth of God. See Dean Perowne and Speaker’s Commentary on the passage quoted.