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These Are Notes From The Companion Bible.
6. Take heed = Look well. Greek horao. Appendix 133. I. 8.
beware of the leaven. Figure of Speech, Hypocatastasis (Appendix 6), leaven put by implication for "doctrine" (verse
beware = pay attention to, so as to be careful of.
of = from. Here, away from: that is to say, beware [and keep] away from, or keep clear of, as in 7:
leaven. See note on 13:
Pharisees ... Sadducees. See Appendix 120. II.
12. not. Greek ou Appendix 105. I.
beware of the leaven. Figure of Speech, Hypocatastasis (Appendix 6), leaven put by implication for "doctrine", because of its evil effects. Compare notes on 15:
beware = pay attention to, so as to be careful of.
of = from. Here, away from: that is to say, beware [and keep] away from, or keep clear of, as in 7:
leaven. See note on 13:
doctrine = teaching. This was the word which the Lord had been implying in vesre
Pharisees ... Sadducees. See Appendix 120. II.
26. not. Greek ou Appendix 105. I.
meet = fair.
the children's bread = the bread of the children, with emphasis on children. Figure of Speech, Enallage. Appendix 6.
children's. See Appendix 108. i.
bread. Put by Figure of Speech, Synecdoche (of Species), Appendix 6, for all kinds of food.
dogs = puppies, or little household dogs ; this is true only of such. Dogs are not cared for (in the East) when grown. The Lord used the Figure of Speech, Hypocatastasis (Appendix 6), implying that she was only a Gentile, and thus had still no claim even on that ground. Gentiles were known as "dogs" by the Jews, and despised as such (7:
28. Jesus. See Appendix 98. X.
answered and said = exclaimed and said. A Hebraism. Idiom Appendix 6. In this idiom the word "answered" receives its meaning from the context. Here it = confessed, or repented and said.
O woman. Figure of Speech, Ecphonesis. Appendix 6.
great is thy faith. Contrast the disciples (16:
from = away from. Greek apo Appendix 104. iv.
33. The Kingdom of heaven. See Appendix 114.
heaven = the heavens.
leaven = sour dough. Always used in a bad sense, as meal is in a good sense : therefore the common interpretation as to the Gospel's improving the world is the exact contrary of the leaven corrupting the whole of the meal. The same is true of the symbol of the "woman", see below. The Lord mentions three kinds of leaven, all of which were evil in their working: the leaven (1) of the Pharisees = hypocrisy of formalism (Luke 12:
a woman. A common symbol of evil in the moral or religious spheres. See Zechariah 5:
measures. Greek saton. See Appendix 51. III. 3 (ii) (9).
leavened = corrupted.
15. Beware = Take heed, as in 6:1.
of = from, or away from. Greek apo. Appendix 104. iv.: that is to say, Beware [and keep] away from.
to. Greek pros Appendix 104. xv. 3.
in. Greek en. Appendix 104. viii.
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