Matthew 10:25 - Exposition

It is enough ( ἀρκετόν ); Matthew 6:34 , note. It will quite content him; it is sufficient for his aims and wishes ( Hebrews 13:5 : John 14:8 ). So Talm. Bab., 'Berach.,' 58b, R. Ula comforts Rub Hisda for the desolation of a friend's house which he formerly knew in its prosperity, by reminding him that the temple too is in ruins, and "It is sufficient for the servant that he be as his master ( וברך אהיש דבעל ויד )." For the disciple . Here (unlike Matthew 6:24 ) pictured before the mind. That he be . Eventually ( ἵνα γένηται ). (For the weakened relic force of ἵνα here, cf. Ellicott on 1 Corinthians 4:3 .) As his master, and the servant as his lord . That the pronoun was added to " lord " in Matthew 6:24 was perhaps due to the unconscious desire on the part of the reporter to, avoid any possible ambiguity arising from the familiar phrase ὁκύριος : in these two clauses the insertion of the pronoun is rather due to the fact that "disciple" and "servant" are both defined by the article. If they have called . A typical example of the treatment his disciples will sometimes receive—complete rejection of their message, with deliberate accusation of the worst of crimes. Observe that it is implied that the opprobrious term had already been used of our Lord, although St. Matthew has not yet related it ( Matthew 12:24 ). (On Matthew 9:34 , cf. note there.) Called. By no mere chance expression, but by purposely giving him the title ( ἐπεκάλεσαν ); cf. Hebrews 11:16 . The master of the house . Hebrews 3:2-6 may be compared, even though not Christ but God is there probably spoken of as the owner of the house. Beelzebub ; "Gr. Beel- zebul ; and so elsewhere". The original meaning of the title was probably "Lord of flies" ( zebub , 2 Kings 1:3 ), or possibly "of bees"; but there cannot but be here a play upon the sense, "Lord of the dwelling" ( zebul , e.g. Isaiah 63:15 ), and probably a further reference to the similar sound zebel , Neo-Hebr. for "dung" (cf 2 Kings 17:12 , and Wetstein's curious note in Delitzsch, on Job 30:12 ).