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The explanation will then be that Christ endured the gain- saying of sinners, who, in opposing him, were enemies of their own souls. The reading éavtods, however, is doubtful, and both Tischendorf and Weiss read éavrov himself, which I prefer.
Lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds (iva muy xdunte Tals xpuyais buav éxrudpuevor). Rend. “that ye be not weary, fainting in your minds.” ’Ex)vew is to loosen; hence, to relax, exhaust. So often in LXX. See Deut. xx. 3; Judg. viii. 15; 1 Sam. xiv. 28. Comp. Matt. xv. 32; Mk. viii. 3; Gal. vi. 9.
4. Unto blood (uéypis aiwaros). Your strife against sin has not entailed the shedding of your blood, as did that of many of the O. T. worthies, and of Jesus himself. See ch. xi. 35, 37. Of Jesus it is said, Philip. ii. 8, “he became obe- dient to the extent of death (uéypt Pavdrov). Comp. 2 Macc. xiii. 14.
Striving against sin (apos tiv duapriav dvrayoutdpuevor). The verb N. T.°, UXX, 4 Macc. xvii. 14. Sin is personified.
5. Ye have forgotten (ékAdAnoOe). N.T.°. Common in Class., °LXX. The simple verb AavOdvev means to escape notice ; to be unseen or unknown. Middle and passive, to let a thing escape; forget. Some render interrogatively, “have ye forgotten?”
Speaketh unto you (ipiv diaddyerar). The verb always in the sense of mutual converse or discussion. See Mk. ix. 34; Acts xvii. 2; xviii. 19. Rend. “reasoneth with you.”
My son, etc. From Prov. iii. 11,12. Comp. Job v. 17. Despise not (2) dAvyoper). N. T.°. LXX only in this
passage. Quite often in Class. It means to make little of (orLyos).
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Chastening (zadefas). Mostly in Hebrews. See on Eph. vi. 4, and 2 Tim. iii. 16. |
6. He chasteneth (cra:dever). See on L. xxiii. 16.
Scourgeth (uactvyot). Not very common, but found in all the four Gospels. Hebrews only here. Quite often in LXX.
Receiveth (aapadéyerat). Admits to filial privileges: acknowledges as his own. Of receiving the word of God, Mk. iv. 20: of receiving delegates from a body, Acts xv. 4: of adopting or approving customs, Acts xvi. 21.
7. If ye endure chastening (els wadelav trropevete). Rend. “it is for chastening that ye endure.” A. V. follows the reading of T. R. tf. Do not faint at affliction. Its purpose is disciplinary. IlIavédeéa is here the end or result of discipline. In ver. 5 it is the process.
God dealeth with you as with sons (as viois tyiv rpoc- dhéperat o Geds). The verb means to bring to: often to bring an offering to the altar, as Matt. v. 238, 24; viii. 4. In the passive voice with the dative, to be borne toward one; hence, to attack, assail, deal with, behave toward. See Thucyd. i. 140; Eurip. Cyel. 176; Hdt. vii. 6. The afflictive dealing of God with you is an evidence that you are sons.
What son is he whom the father, etc. (r& vios). Some interpreters render, “who is a son whom the father?” etc. That is, no one is a son who is without paternal chastening. The A. V. is better. The idea expressed by the other rend- ering appears in the next verse.
8. Of which all are partakers (7s weroyor yeydvact Tdvtes). Rend. “of which all have been made partakers.” For wéroyos partakers see on ch. iii. 14. All, that is, all sons of God.
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Bastards (voor). N.T.°. See Wisd. iv. 8. They might think that they would not suffer if they were really God’s sons; whereas the reverse is the case. If they did not suffer, they would not be God’s sons.
9. Furthermore (era). Everywhere else in N. T. this particle marks a succession of time or incident. See Mk. iv. 17; viil. 25; L. viii. 12; 1 Cor. xv. 5,7. Here it intro- duces a new phase of the subject under discussion.