Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

Matthew 7:23

τότε. When they make this protestation, the Judge will make a counter protestation ὁμολογήσω αὐτοῖς, I will own to them. Bengel's comment is: aperte. Magna potestas hujus dicti. But there is a certain apologetic tone in the expression, “I will confess” (“profess,” A.V [49] and R.V [50]), as if to say: I ought to know men who can say so much for themselves, but I do not. ὅτι, recitative, the exact words directly reported. οὐδέποτε, never: at no point in that remarkable career when so many wonderful things were done in my name. ἀποχωρεῖτε, etc.: an echo of Psalms 6:9, and sentence of doom, like Matthew 25:41.

[49] Authorised Version.

[50] Revised Version.

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Matthew 7:23

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