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23. γνώσονται πᾶσαι αἱ ἐκκλησίαι. Cf. All flesh shall know, Isa 49:26; All flesh shall see, Isa 40:5; Eze 20:48. “All the Churches” though less extensive than “all flesh” (cf. Joh 17:2, and for the limitation Joh 14:22) must still be taken as widely as possible, it means not merely all the seven Churches of Asia but “all the churches in the world,” hardly as Alford adds “to the end of time.” We know nothing (and have no reason to think St Irenæus knew more) of either the repentance or the punishment of the children of Jezebel.
ὁ ἐραυνῶν. Compare καρδίας ἐτάζει Κύρ. 1Ch 28:9, ὁ ἐτάζων καρδίας 1Ch 29:17, ἐτάζων καρδίας καὶ νεφροὺς Psa 7:9 (10), πύρωσον τοὺς νεφρούς μου καὶ τὴν καρδίαν μου Psa 6:2, δοκιμάζων νεφροὺς καὶ καρδίας Jer 11:20, ἐτάζων καρδίας καὶ δοκιμάζων νεφροὺς Jer 17:10, συνιῶν νεφροὺς καὶ καρδίας Jer 20:12, ὁ ἐραυνῶν τὰς καρδίας Rom 8:27. The last passage suggests a common origin apart from the LXX. for a phrase which no doubt is ultimately derived from the Psalms and was almost proverbial in the Apostolic age.