Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary

Luke 6:48

διὰ τὸ καλῶς οἰκοδομεῖσθαι αὐτήν אBL, Ti[128] οἰκοδομῆσθαι W.H[129] The reading of the Rec[130] is prob. from Matthew 7:25.

[128] Ti. Tischendorf.
[129] W.H. Westcott and Hort.
[130] Rec. The Textus Receptus.

48. ὃς ἔσκαψεν καὶ ἐβάθυνεν, καὶ ἔθηκεν θεμέλιον ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν. The E.V. here loses all the picturesque force of the original. Render, ‘he is like a man building a house, who dug, and kept deepening, and laid a foundation on the rock.’ The two first verbs are not a mere Hebraism or hendiadys for ‘he dug deep’ (Vulg[143] fodit in altum) as Schott says; but they give a picture, somewhat in the leisurely Hebrew manner. See Winer, p. 588. ‘Crescit oratio.’ Beza. The rock is Christ and the teaching of Christ (1 Corinthians 10:4). Whether tested by flood, or by fire (1 Corinthians 3:11-15), only the genuine building stands. In another sense, too, ‘the wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand,’ Proverbs 12:7.

[143] Vulg. Vulgate.

πλημμύρης. ‘An inundation;’ the sudden rush of a spait.

διὰ τὸ καλῶς κ.τ.λ. See critical note.

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