Mat 11:17 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 17. We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced ] We have begun the music, which should have been followed by the dance, but ye have not attended to it. We have mourned-and ye have not lamented. ] Ye have not smote the breast : ουκεκοψασθε, from κοπτομαι, to strike , or beat the breasts with the hands , particularly in lamentation . So used, ; , and by the best Greek and Roman writers. There is an allusion here to those funeral lamentations explained .

‏ Matthew 11:17

Verse 17. We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced] We have begun the music, which should have been followed by the dance, but ye have not attended to it.

We have mourned-and ye have not lamented.] Ye have not smote the breast: ουκεκοψασθε, from κοπτομαι, to strike, or beat the breasts with the hands, particularly in lamentation. So used, Na 2:7; Lu 18:13; 23:48, and by the best Greek and Roman writers. There is an allusion here to those funeral lamentations explained Mt 9:23.