³⁰ Matt v.3.

³¹ 2 Cor. iv. 17.

³² Luke xiv. 26, 27, 33; Matt. x. 37, 38.

³³ Matt. xvi. 25.

³⁴ Rom. viii. 35.

³⁵ Rom. viii. 18.

³⁶ Acts v. 41. .

³⁷ Ps. xxxviii. 4.

³⁸ Zech. v. 7, 8.

¹ [With our best Mss. authorities, the article is omitted in the Homily. Comp. R. V., in loco.-R.]

² deuteroprw/tw, Luke vi. 1,. [On the textual difficulty, see Tischendorf (viii.) and Westcott and Hort. The former retains it, giving the patristic comments upon it. The latter put it in the margin, regarding it as spurious.-R.]

³ John ix. 6, 14.

⁴ John v. 17. [R. V., "even until now," etc.]

⁵ Matt. xii. 2.

⁶ Matt. xii. 10, 14.

⁷ [e0n to| e9erw|, is inserted here (not in Homily XL.) by Chrysotom, but does not occur in any of our Mss. of the New Testament.

⁸ Matt. xii. 3, 4.

⁹ John v. 17.

¹⁰ Acts ii. 29.

¹¹ Mark ii. 26. [The Homily readstou= a0rxiere/wj, which is to be thus rendered. The R. V. follows the best Mss. in rejecting tou=, rendering "when Abiathar was high priest ;" but gives the other reading in the margin.-R.]page 256

¹² Abimelech, 1 Sam. xxi. 6.

¹³ Josh. vi. 15.

¹⁴ Matt. xii. 5.

¹⁵ As being done, in the holy place ; 2, on the holy day.

¹⁶ Matt. xii. 6. [R. V., "that one greater (Greek, a greater thing) than the temple is here."]

¹⁷ R. V. "desire".]

¹⁸ Matt. xii. 7.

¹⁹ Hosea vi. 6.

²⁰ Matt. xii. 8.

²¹ Mark ii. 27.

²² Numb. xv. 32-36.

²³ Ezek. xx. 12.

²⁴ The meaning seems to be, it would have been too hard a trial of their religious discretion.

²⁵ Exod. xii. i6, LXX.

²⁶ Numb. xxviii. 9, 10.

²⁷ Luke vi. 36.

²⁸ 1 Cor. v. 8.

²⁹ 1 Cor. x. 1, &c.