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35. Confidence (rv rappnoiav). Rend. boldness. The boldness and courage which you manifested under persecu- tion.
36. Ye might receive the promise (xoplonoGe tiv éray- yeAlav). Comp. ch. xi. 18, 39, and see on 1 Pet. i. 8. The verb implies, not mere obtaining, but receiving and carrying away for use and enjoyment.
87. A little while (ucxpov dcov dcov). Strictly, a very little while. The phrase N. T.°. It is not part of the quotation, but is taken from Isa. xxvi. 20, the only instance. See Aris- toph. Wasps, 213.
He that shall come will come (0 épyduevos 7£e). Rend. “he that cometh will come.” In the Hebrew (Hab. ii. 3) the subject of the sentence is the vision of the extermination of the Chaldees. “The vision—vwill surely come.” As rendered in the LXX, either Jehovah or Messiah must be the subject. The passage was referred to Messiah by the later Jewish theologians, and is so taken by our writer, as is shown by the article before épyéuevos. Comp. Matt. xi. 3; xxi. 9; J. xi. 27. Similarly he refers 7£&et shall come to the final coming of Messiah to judge the world.
38. Now the just shall live by faith (0 de Sicasds (wov) éx mlorews Snoetat). Cited by Paul, Rom. i. 17; Gal. iii. 11.* In the original prophecy the just man is contrasted with the haughty Chaldaean invaders, who are puffed up and not upright. Through his steadfast obedience to God he shall be kept alive in the time of confusion and destruction.
But if any man draw back («al éav brocte/Antar). Omit if any man. Rend. “and if he draw back,” that is, the just
* The Hebrew reads, ‘‘ the just shall live by his constancy.’? LXX, “the
just shall live by my faith,’’ or (Cod. A) ‘my just one shall live by faith.” Mov does not appear in Romans or Galatians,
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man. The possibility of the lapse of even the just is assumed. See on ch. vi. 4-6. The verb only here, Acts xx. 20, 27; Gal. ii. 12. See on Acts xx. 20. Rare in LXX.
Shall have no pleasure (ovx« eddoxel). Rend. “hath no pleasure.” ‘If he draw back —in him,” not in the Hebrew, which reads, “behold, puffed up within him is his soul, it is not upright.” The clauses of the LXX are transposed here.
39. But we are not of them who draw back (jjpels dé ov éopev UroaToAns). Lit. we are not of shrinking back. ‘Tro- orton) N.T.°, °LXX, °Class. "Ewae with genitive marks the quality or peculiarity of a person or thing. Comp. ch. xii. 11 xyapas eivat to be of joy, joyful. We do not partake of draw- ing back, which is characteristic of recreants.
Unto perdition (eis ar@devav). Or destruction. Drawing back makes for and terminates in (eis) destruction.
Of them that believe (aictews). Rend. of faith. The phrase eivat mictews to be of faith, N. T.°.
Saving (vepurotnow). See onl Th. v. 9.