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Another said, `I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.`
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The Weakness of Our Excuses
Commentators unanimously agree that the excuse of testing newly bought oxen is incredibly weak. Scholars point out that a sensible person would test oxen before buying them, not after. The timing, near evening, was also unsuitable for such work. This highlights how people often invent flimsy, illogical reasons to prioritize worldly matters over God's invitation.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I go to prove them. To test them, to see if he had made a good bargain. It is worthy of remark that this excuse was very insignificant. He…
To prove them (δοκιμασα αυτα). He could have tested them before buying. The oxen would not run away or be stolen.
19th Century
Anglican
Five yoke of oxen.—The number was one which came within the reach of any peasant farmer of moderate competence. (Compare Elisha’s…
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Baptist
He pretended that he had bought five yoke of oxen without testing them, and that he wanted to test them after he had bought them, when, of course, …
The striking thing is that “all” of them declined. Their excuses are weak. One man “must” go to see a purchased field he probably had seen before h…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen To plough the field with,
and I go to prove the…
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