Matthew 23:27

παρομοιάζετε, in [128] ὁμοιάζετε, under either form an hapaxleg. κεκονιαμένοις (from κονία, dust, slaked lime), whitewashed, referring to the practice of whitewashing the sepulchres in the month Adar, before passover time, to make them conspicuous, inadvertent approach involving uncleanness. They would be wearing their fresh coat just then, so that the comparison was seasonable (vide Wetstein, ad loc.). ἔξωθεν, ἔσωθεν, again a contrast between without and within, which may have suggested the comparison. ὡραῖοι, fair, without; the result but not the intention in the natural sphere, the aim in the spiritual, the Pharisee being concerned about appearance (chap. 6). ὀστέων, etc., revolting contrast: without, quite an attractive feature in the landscape; within, only death-fraught loathsomeness.

[128] Codex Vaticanus (sæc. iv.), published in photographic facsimile in 1889 under the care of the Abbate Cozza-Luzi.