Matthew 6:29 - Exposition

Luke 12:27 almost verbally. Even Solomon … was not . The Greek lays still more stress: "not even Solomon." Arrayed . The idea of splendour, which in modern usage is often attached to "array," is wanting in περιεβάλετο . The simple rendering in Wickliffe, "was covered" (Vulgate, coopertus est ), is less misleading. And so in Luke 12:31 . Perhaps ( vide Cart) the middle voice has its full reflexive meaning: Solomon with all his efforts failed. Like one of these . Even one, much less like all taken together. " Horum, demonstrativum" (Bengel).