Mat 13:14 | RWP | e4.org | Is fulfilled ( αναπληρουτα ). Aoristic present passive indicative. Here Jesus points out the fulfilment and not with Matthew's usual formula ( ινα or οπως πλωρηθη το ρηθεν (see ). The verb αναπληροω occurs nowhere else in the Gospels, but occurs in the Pauline Epistles. It means to fill up like a cup, to fill another's place ( ), to fill up what is lacking ( ). Here it means that the prophecy of Isaiah is fully satisfied in the conduct of the Pharisees and Jesus himself points it out. Note two ways of reproducing the Hebrew idiom (infinitive absolute), one by ακοη the other by βλεποντες . Note also the strong negative ου μη with aorist subjunctive.

‏ Matthew 13:14

Is fulfilled ( αναπληρουτα ). Aoristic present passive indicative. Here Jesus points out the fulfilment and not with Matthew's usual formula ( ινα or οπως πλωρηθη το ρηθεν (see 1:22). The verb αναπληροω occurs nowhere else in the Gospels, but occurs in the Pauline Epistles. It means to fill up like a cup, to fill another's place (1Co 14:16), to fill up what is lacking (Php 2:30). Here it means that the prophecy of Isaiah is fully satisfied in the conduct of the Pharisees and Jesus himself points it out. Note two ways of reproducing the Hebrew idiom (infinitive absolute), one by ακοη the other by βλεποντες. Note also the strong negative ου μη with aorist subjunctive.