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tion. — ug ev Tjfispcf, tpayris, as in the day of slaughter) An adage. The slaughter here intended is not that of the rich, but of oxen and sheep, etc., for banquets. The JEthiop. omits it J Mill approves of the omission. Baumgarten blames me for not refuting that ap- probation; but I have sufficiently refuted such matters, Appar. p. 443 (Ed. ii. p. 78).
6. Karsdixdfftxrs, s<povev<tare9 ye have condemned , ye have hilled) The omission of the conjunction expresses haste.1 2 Compare again App. Crit. Ed. ii. I feel grateful to Baumgarten ; for while he brings for- ward no reading more worthy of remark^ as omitted by me, he re- markably confirms the fulness of my choice. — rbv bhiaiov, the Just) A distributive meaning in the singular number is admissible, denot- ing any just person, as the wicked get each into their power; but especially Christ Himself, the Just One , Acts iii. 14, who was slain by Jews and Gentiles ; and afterwards James, the writer of this Epistle, who was surnamed by the Hebrews the Just , whose slaughter is here divinely foretold. The present tense is suitable, He doth not resist you; by which clause, following as it does without a conjunction, it is likewise intimated that by the very patience of the Just One the wicked goad themselves to slaughter. Comp. Wisdom ii. 10—20.
7. O 5v, therefore) Whatever the wicked may do in the meantime. — vrupovff/us, the coming) ver. 8, 9, 12. — rov Kvpiou , of the Lord) Jesus Christ. — sTcds^srui, waiteth for) obtains by waiting, at the harvest.
shall reap, Septuagint, end'e^era /, Hos. viii. 7. — r/juiov, precious) the reward of labour and patience. — sue, until) To be taken with — and hath long patience. He does not cease before (he receives it). — av) See App. Crit.3 — hd(3f) he receive , from heaven. — ‘irpui^ov) the early rain, after sowing. — o-s^uov) the latter rain, when harvest is now near.
8. 'H Trapcvff/a, the coming ) which will also bear precious fruit. — yjyyixs, is come nigh) The apostles said this with truth : although those times intervene which are spoken of, 2 Thess. ii. and in the Apocalypse. Comp, the note, Acts ii. 39.
9. M)$ <rrevu£ere, do not groan) through impatience. — ha firi xpidrjre, that ye he not judged) by the Judge at His coming. Groans are in- jurious, both to those by whom, and those against whom, they are
1 AB Vulg. Memph. omit dg, but support iv pee pec (yipeepccig) vtpccyvig. Rec. Text prefixes the ag without good authority. iEthiop. Vers, omits all the words. — E.
2 Cod. Amiat. of Vulg. puts an “ et ” before “non resistit.” — E.
3 B supports u.v (judging from the silence of collators). A, Theb. and later Syr. omit oiv. — E.
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