And it came to pass after these things, [that] the butler of the king of Egypt and [his] baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
Ver. 1. Had offended their lord the king of Egypt.] What their offence was is not expressed. The Hebrews say, Pharaoh found a fly in his cup, and a little gravel in his bread, and therefore imprisoned these two great officers. But this had been to kill a fly, as one said, upon a man's forehead with a great beetle. Some think they attempted the chastity of Pharaoh's daughters. Such a thing as this made Augustus so angry against Ovid. But most likely it was for some conspiracy; such as was that of Bigthan and Teresh. Est 2:21 The present government is, for most part, always grievous; a to some discontented great ones especially, who know not when they are well, but are ready to drive a good prince out of the world, and then would dig him up again, if they could; as the swain said of Dionysius. b But what said Alphonsus, that renowned king, to this, in a speech to the Pope's ambassador? He professed that he did not so much wonder at his courtiers' ingratitude to him, who had raised sundry of them from mean to great estates, as at his own to God, whom by every sin we seek to depose, nay, to murder: for, Peccaturn est Deicidium. Romans 1:30 1Jn 3:15
a Aει το παρον βαρυ. - Thucyd.
b Dionysium refodio.