6:17 Anoint thine head. That is, dress as usual.
Wash thy face. The usual practice before eating.
6:17 Anoint thy head - So the Jews frequently did. Dress thyself as usual.
6:16-18 Religious fasting is a duty required of the disciples of Christ, but it is not so much a duty itself, as a means to dispose us for other duties. Fasting is the humbling of the soul, Ps 35:13; that is the inside of the duty; let that, therefore, be thy principal care, and as to the outside of it, covet not to let it be seen. God sees in secret, and will reward openly.
