[87] For probable doubts as to the correctness of the position given to this discourse of Jesus, vid. Neander, L. J. Chr., s. 525, Anm. [↑]
[88] Paulus, ib. s. 50, exeg. Handb. 2, s. 599. [↑]
[89] In this passage, it is true that celibacy is at first recommended as good for the present distress; but the Apostle does not rest there; for at [v. 32 ff.] he adds, He that is unmarried careth for the things of the Lord—he that is married for the things of the world:—a motive to celibacy which must be equally valid under all circumstances, and which affords us a glimpse into the fundamental asceticism of Paul’s views. Comp. Rückert’s Commentary in loc. [↑]
[90] Vid. Gfrörer, Philo, 2, s. 310 f. [↑]
[91] A concise elucidation of them may be found in Hase, L. J. § 129. [↑]
[92] Vid. Gemara Hieros. Berac. f. v. 4, in Lightfoot, p. 423, and R. Manasse Ben Isr. in Schöttgen, i. p. 180. [↑]
[93] See his 4th Fragment, Lessing’s 4ten Beitrag, s. 434 ff. [↑]
[94] L. J. 1, b, s. 115 ff. [↑]
[95] Vid. Wetstein, in loc. Hengstenberg, Christol. 1, a, s. 140 f.; also Paulus himself, exeg. Handb. 3, a, s. 283 f. [↑]