קרבן, Mark vii, 11; from the Hebrew קרב, _to offer_, _to
present_. It denotes a gift, a present made to God, or to his temple.
The Jews sometimes swore by corban, or by gifts offered to God, Matt.
xxiii, 18. Theophrastus says that the Tyrians forbad the use of such
oaths as were peculiar to foreigners, and particularly of corban, which,
Josephus informs us, was used only by the Jews. Jesus Christ reproaches
the Jews with cruelty toward their parents, in making a corban of what
should have been appropriated to their use. For when a child was asked
to relieve the wants of his father or mother, he would often say, “It is
a gift,” corban, “by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;” that
is, I have devoted that to God which you ask of me; and it is no longer
mine to give, Mark vii, 11. Thus they violated a precept of the moral
law, through a superstitious devotion to Pharisaic observances, and the
wretched casuistry by which they were made binding upon the conscience.
present_. It denotes a gift, a present made to God, or to his temple.
The Jews sometimes swore by corban, or by gifts offered to God, Matt.
xxiii, 18. Theophrastus says that the Tyrians forbad the use of such
oaths as were peculiar to foreigners, and particularly of corban, which,
Josephus informs us, was used only by the Jews. Jesus Christ reproaches
the Jews with cruelty toward their parents, in making a corban of what
should have been appropriated to their use. For when a child was asked
to relieve the wants of his father or mother, he would often say, “It is
a gift,” corban, “by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;” that
is, I have devoted that to God which you ask of me; and it is no longer
mine to give, Mark vii, 11. Thus they violated a precept of the moral
law, through a superstitious devotion to Pharisaic observances, and the
wretched casuistry by which they were made binding upon the conscience.