Luke Chapter 13, Verse 32
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32: και ειπεν αυτοις πορευθεντες ειπατε τη αλωπεκι ταυτη ιδου εκβαλλω δαιμονια και ιασεις επιτελω σημερον και αυριον και τη τριτη τελειουμαι
32: And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I
cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the
third day I shall be perfected.
32: And he said to them: Go and tell that fox: Behold, I cast out
devils and do cures, to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I am
consummated.
Tell that fox. A fox is an emblem of slyness, of cunning, and of
artful mischief. The word is also used to denote a dissembler. Herod was
a wicked man, but the particular thing to which Jesus here alludes is
not his vices, but his cunning, his artifice, in endeavouring to remove
him out of his territory. He had endeavoured to do it by stratagem --
by sending these men who pretended great friendship for his life.
Behold, I cast out devils, &c. Announce to him the fact that I am working miracles in his territory, and that I shall continue to do it. I am not afraid of his art or his enmity. I am engaged in my appropriate work, and shall continue to be as long as is proper, in spite of his arts and his threats.
Today and tomorrow. A little time. The words seem here to be used not strictly, but proverbially -- to denote a short space of time. Let not Herod be uneasy. I am doing no evil; I am not violating the laws. I only cure the sick, &c. In a little time this part of my work will be done, and I shall retire from his dominions.
The third day. After a little time. Perhaps, however, he meant literally that he would depart on that day for Jerusalem; that for two or three days more he would remain in the villages of Galilee, and then go on his way to Jerusalem.
I shall be perfected. Rather, I shall have ended my course here; I shall have perfected what I purpose to do in Galilee. It does not refer to his personal perfection, for he was always perfect, but it means that he would have finished or completed what he purposed to do in the regions of Herod. He would have completed his work, and would be ready then to go.
