of b prefixed, and signifies as concerns. Comp. ch. iv. 12, notes. Accordingly there follows, with great propriety, Inti nut av ; for we have also, Ex. XX. 5, Wl r'sxva,j Ire) rptrriv xal rerdpryjv yzvsGiv, rug piGoini'i /xs, upon the children , upon the third and fourth genera- tion, as concerns them that hate me. Furthermore, s§, from or of as in ver. 27, and often elsewhere, denotes a party or sect ; in reference to those, who are of a contentious party or nation, like thee, O Jew, setting themselves in resistance to God. The character of false J udaism is disobedience, contumacy, impatience. — rf aXrjdz/cc, r p ddixicp, truth , unrighteousness) These two are often opposed to each other, 1 Cor. xiii. 6; 2 Thess. ii. 10, 12 ; truth includes righteousness , and unrighteousness implies at the same time falsehood. — Qvfbog xa) opyi)) lxx., Ps. lxxviii. (lxxvii.) 49, x a) opy/jv xa) QXtyiv ; Qvfflog inflicts punishment ; opyi]
follows up an offence. The propriety respectively of these words is seen in Eph. iv. 31, 32, where ro yap/fytdou is opposed to rjj opyjj, and g tWAay^yov to Ov/jubg. dufflog is defined by the Stoics to be bpyr\ apX'O/usvty the beginning of anger. Nor should we despise the explanation of Ammonius, 6u[ibg fth h<sn re pbcxcupog , opyri ds rroXvypov/og fjjV7](Uxaxia ; dufibg is only temporary ; opyri is the last- ing remembrance of injuries.1
9. 0X/\|v/£ xai (Srwoyjtipia, affliction and anxiety [ tribulation and
anguisKJ. 0?J^/g, affliction or tribulation for the present ; (rnvo- yupl a, anxiety or anguish , in regard to things future ; 6'k'r^ig, affliction , or tribulation, presses down ; arzvoywplct) frets and harasses [oestuat et urget], Job xv. 20, etc. In these words we have a proof of the avenging justice of God ; for the anger of God has for its object, to teach the sinful creature, who is experienc- ing wrath and every species of adversity, to hate himself, because in his whole conduct, he has set himself in opposition to God ; and so long as the creature shrinks from this most just hatred of himself, he continues under punishment. — rratccv every
soul) This term adds to the universal character of the discourse, ch. xiii. 1. — repurov, first). So Ps. xciv. 10: He that cliastiseth the nations , shall he not correct (you among the people ?). The Greek is a partaker [in the judgment] along with the J ew.
10. A oga & xai rip,^ but glory and honour. Glory , originating
1 6vptog Th. Ova, boiling indignation ; opyq, abiding wrath, with a settled purpose of revenge, sm0vpctoc, Ttpapiocg. — Ed.