Notes, Critical and Explanatory, on the Holy Scriptures

He did not seek His own gratification. On the contrary, for our sake He subjected Himself to reproach and suffering : " He could have avoided reproaches. He could have escaped the sufferings which He endured, if He wished to regard His own satisfaction ; but He would not ; having regard to our interest, He disre- garded His own convenience." St. Chrysostom.

Is. xi. 10. Septuagint. The root of Jesse is here taken for what springs from the root, namely, Him who was to rise and rule the Gentiles. " He adduced all these testimonies, to show that all must unite in glorifying God, and to check the Jew, that he may not rise up against the Gentile, since all the prophets call on these." St. Chrysostom.

It implies sacrificial oblation. The Gentiles themselves were an offering pre-

In the things which regard God. The apostle only glories that he may be serviceable to others.

He makes no vain boast, he states only facts. "Observe how earnestly he labours to show that all things are of God, and nothing of himself : for whether I speak, or act, or perform miracles, it is He who doth all things — the Holy Ghost doth all things." St. Chrysostom.

The same verb as in the preceding verse is here repeated. * 1 Cor. ix. 11. The converted Gentiles should manifest their gratitude to God for the spiritual gifts, which had been extended to them, by aiding their distressed brethren from among the Jews, whose religious communion they shared.

G. P. " The Spirit." The word " Holy" is not in the text.