DND, Is. viii. 6), i.e. do not despise with contumacious mind. Tc-roray^, subjection, is enjoined, ver. 9, in respect of chastening or discipline (natfaiac), which is of a gentler character. — ^ds sxXvov) fpn tal (comp. pp, Is. vii. 16), do not /lee back with a faint or wtfaA: mind. ' TCTO/AOVJ}, patience, ver. 7, is commanded in re spect JXgy^ou, o/ rebuke, wherewith one is more severely rebuked.
6. Matfr/yo/'de, and moreover scourgeth) Heb. 2N31, and (supply £A0 .Lord "ID", will chasten) as a father his son, whom He shall hold acceptable or pleasing to Him. The LXX. read Sfcpl, /z-atfr/- 70? ds, awe? Zfe scourges. The apostle retained it, although else where it does not denote paternal chastisement. Blood is drawn by the lash, ver. 4. And he himself insinuates the meaning of the Hebrew reading in the following verses. It is the part of a prudent teacher, not openly to blame a version before a number, and yet to give a taste of the meaning of the originals to those who are ignorant.
7. E/, if) The necessity of discipline is asserted here, and in the following verse ; but the duty of those who receive discipline at ver. 9, etc. Therefore in ver. 7, discipline is rather regarded than patience. In ver. 7 and 9, discipline at the same time com prehends rebuke ; but in ver. 5, discipline is distinguished from rebuke. — vh?s) not merely rsxvois. The condition of sons is most glorious. — irpotpeperai) shows Himself in the very act of chastis ing. — ric yap, for who} It is taken for granted, that all need chastisement for a fault.
8. E/ ds xupie sffre) If ye are and wish to be, etc. ; ^upis, with out, a melancholy particle. — f^sro^oi, partakers) A. favourable word. — ffdvreg, all) all sons, ver. 7 : all the witnesses, ver. 1. — apa voQoi sdr? xa/ oup^' viol, in that case ye are bastards and not sons) An Enthymeme (covert Syllogism), in which this may be under stood : but we do not wish to be bastards but sons ; therefore we shall receive the discipline.
9. E/ra) then. A particle, which follows the argument that had been laid down, and urges still further the hearer. See note on Chrysost. wept hpua., p. 462. — robs f^sv rqg ffapxbs
the fathers indeed of our flesh) An antithesis to r£
called tfyxofr ver. 1 ; the latter q etftetpria, not in general, but v> in particular, i.e. Aietarlet) ch. iii. 12. — Not. Crit.