Lev 14:4-6, 49-52, Num 19:6, Mat 27:28, Mar 15:17, 20, Joh 19:2, 5 | TSK | STEP | two birds. or, sparrows.The word {tzippor,} from the Arabic {zaphara,} to fly, is used in the Scriptures to denote birds of every species, particularly small birds. But it is often used in a more restricted sense, as the Hebrew writers assert, to signify the sparrow. Aquinas says the same; and Jerome renders it here the sparrow. So the Greek [strouthia,] in Matthew and Luke, which signifies a sparrow, is rendered by the Syriac translator {tzipparin}, the same as the Hebrew {tzipporim}. Nor is it peculiar to the Hebrews to give the same name to the sparrow and to fowls of the largest size; for Nicander calls the hen [strouthos katoikados,] the domestic sparrow, and both Plautus and Ausonius call the ostrich, {passer marinus,} "the marine sparrow." It is evident, however, that the word in this passage signifies birds in general; for if the sparrow was a clean bird, there was no necessity for commanding a clean one to be taken, since every one of the species was ceremonially clean; but if it was unclean, then it could not be called clean. cedar. scarlet. hyssop.

Leviticus 14:4-6

two birds. or, sparrows.The word {tzippor,} from the Arabic {zaphara,} to fly, is used in the Scriptures to denote birds of every species, particularly small birds. But it is often used in a more restricted sense, as the Hebrew writers assert, to signify the sparrow. Aquinas says the same; and Jerome renders it here the sparrow. So the Greek [strouthia,] in Matthew and Luke, which signifies a sparrow, is rendered by the Syriac translator {tzipparin}, the same as the Hebrew {tzipporim}. Nor is it peculiar to the Hebrews to give the same name to the sparrow and to fowls of the largest size; for Nicander calls the hen [strouthos katoikados,] the domestic sparrow, and both Plautus and Ausonius call the ostrich, {passer marinus,} "the marine sparrow." It is evident, however, that the word in this passage signifies birds in general; for if the sparrow was a clean bird, there was no necessity for commanding a clean one to be taken, since every one of the species was ceremonially clean; but if it was unclean, then it could not be called clean.

1:14; 5:7; 12:8

cedar.

6,49-52; Nu 19:6

scarlet.

Heb 9:19

hyssop.

Ex 12:22; Nu 19:18; Ps 51:7

earthen vessel.

50; Nu 5:17; 2Co 4:7; 5:1; 13:4; Heb 2:14

the living bird.

Joh 14:19; Ro 4:25; 5:10; Php 2:9-11; Heb 1:3; Re 1:18

dip them.

51-53; Zec 13:1; Re 1:5

Leviticus 14:49-52

4-7

Numbers 19:6

Le 14:4,6,49; Ps 51:7; Isa 1:18; Heb 9:19-23

Matthew 27:28

stripped.

Mr 15:17; Lu 23:11; Joh 19:2-5

a scarlet robe.Mark calls it a purple robe; but by [porphura ] is denoted whatever is of a dazzling red; and the words [kokkinos ,] scarlet, and [porphura ,] purple, are not infrequently interchanged.

Mark 15:17

Mt 27:28-30; Lu 23:11; Joh 19:2-5

Mark 15:20

and led.

Mt 27:31; Joh 19:16

John 19:2

the soldiers.

5; Ps 22:6; Isa 49:7; 53:3; Mt 27:27-31; Mr 15:17-20; Lu 23:11

John 19:5

Behold.

1:29; Isa 7:14; 40:9; 43:1; La 1:12; Heb 12:2