Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 3:9

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 3:9 - 3:9

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 3:9 - 3:9

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9. μὴ δόξητε λέγειν, ‘do not presume to say.’ For this use of δοκεῖν cp. Php 3:4, εἴ τις δοκεῖ ἄλλος πεποιθέναι ἐν σαρκί, ἐγὼ μᾶλλον.

πατέρα ἔχομεν τὸν Ἀβραάμ. The Jewish doctors taught that no one who was circumcised should enter Gehenna.

ἐκ τῶν λίθων. Stones are regarded as the most insensate, the furthest removed from life of created things. May there not be a play on the words banim (children) abanim (stones)?