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[226] From this construction it is plain that in BL א** min. Vulg. Copt. Arm. Slav. Or. Bas.
Cypr.
πρὸς ἑαυτ. stands after
ταῦτα.
[227] “Duas classes Pharisaeus facit; in alteram
conjicit totum genus humanum, altera,
melior, ipse sibi solus esse videtur,” Bengel.
Expositor's Greek TestamentLuke 18:11
.
σταθεὶς, having taken his stand;
fidenter loco solito(Bengel); a sign less of confidence than of self-importance” (J. Weiss in Meyer. Probably both qualities are aimed at.—
πρὸς ἑαυτὸν: whether these
words should betaken with σταθεὶς or with
προσηύχετο is disputed. If the position of
ταῦτα before
πρὸς ἑ. in [139] [140] be accepted, there is no room for doubt. Hahn contends that the proper meaning of
πρὸς ἑ.
προσηύχετο is prayed
tohimself,” and that there
is no instance of the use of πρὸς ἑ. in the sense of with himself. Godet takes the phrase as = to himself, and regards the so- called prayer as simply self-congratulation in
God’s presence.—
οἱ λοιποὶ τ.
ἀ.: not necessarily all mankind, rather all the Jewish world outside his coterie =
am haarez.—
ἅρπαγες, etc. these hard words recall the elder brother’s
μετὰ πορνῶν (Luke 15:30
).—
ἢ καὶ, or even, the publican pointed at as the
ne plus ultraof depravity the best foil to
Pharisaic exemplariness.
[139] Codex Vaticanus (sæc. iv, published in photographic facsimile in 1889 under the care of the Abbate Cozza-Luzi.
[140] Codex
Regius--eighth century,
represents an ancient text, and is often in agreement with א and B.
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