Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 5:6

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 5:6 - 5:6

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 5:6 - 5:6

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6. αὐτοί, they in their turn.

χορτασθήσονται. χορτάζειν is one of those words strong and even coarse in their origin which came to be used by the Jews at Alexandria with a softened and more refined meaning. It is properly used of cattle ‘to feed,’ βοσκημάτων δίκην … βόσκονται χορταζόμενοι, Plato, Rep. 586, then in mid. voice in comedy of men ‘to eat’; cp. German fressen and see Thuc. VII. 48 and Arnold’s note there on βόσκοντας. In late Greek as here χορτάζειν = ‘to satisfy’ for the classical κορεννύναι. It is curious to note how completely the distinction between χορτάζεσθαι and ἐσθίειν has vanished. In Mar 7:27-28 both verbs are used, but their proper application is reversed, ἐσθίειν being used of the κυνάρια, and χορτάζεσθαι of the τέκνα.