Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:10
10. If any man Scarce firmly converted from idolatry. Knowledge The boasted Γνωσισ of 1 Corinthians 8:1. Sitting Greek, reclining, as was the ancient custom at meals. See note on Matthew xxiii, 6. Idol’s temple Greek Ειδωλειον , an idoleum. The word, Stanley says, “is only used by Jewish writers, apparently to avoid designating heathen temples by the sacred word ναος , naos, used to express the temple of Jerusalem. 1Ma 1:47 ; 1Ma 10:83 . It is a kind of parody on the names of... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 8:7-13
7-13. The two preliminaries, the knowledge and the monotheism, now being settled, St. Paul takes up the vital topic of sacrificial eating. He denies that all possess the true gnosis, affirming that there is, on the contrary, a class of tremulous Christians with whose weakness it is a bounden Christian duty to sympathize. read more