Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 5:21

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 5:21 - 5:21

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 5:21 - 5:21

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21. ἠκούσατε, ‘ye heard,’ a use of the Greek aorist to express frequentative action where in English it would be natural to use the present tense; ‘ye hear’ daily in the Synagogue the law as it was delivered to them of old time. See note ch. Mat 11:27.

τοῖς ἀρχαίοις, ‘to them of old time.’ This rendering is made almost certain by the datival force of ὑμῖν in the antithetic clause, Mat 5:22.