uttered: see App. Crit. Ed. ii.1 — 6 Kp/rijg, the Judge ) that is, Christ, whose office they usurp, who unbecomingly groan, and anticipate the time of judgment. If Baumgarten shall show by any mark that the article was not read by Stephanus, I shall affirm that the article did not fall out by accident at the beginning of the line.2 — Ovpuv, the doors) A very close approach : Matt. xxiv. 33. — effrrixev, has placed Himself) stands, always hearing everything.
10. ’a bsX<poi /nov, rr\g nuxotfaQiicig) The vindication of this reading is to be found, App. Crit. Ed. ii. on this passage.3 — rye KuxonuOeioig, the enduring of evils) lest you should think that any strange thing has happened to you. The word xuxoKude? occurs, ver. 13. — roi/g npotpYirag, the prophets) who were singularly persecuted in their time, and therefore blessed : Matt. v. 12. — eXaXriffav, have spoken) How great was the violence of the world, and the patient endurance of the prophets, is here intimated.— rQj ovofian, in the name) The obedience of the prophets in praising the name of the Lord is intended: !v is understood, as at Matt. vii. 22 ; Lev. xix. 12, Septuagint.
11. ’ldoi>) See App. Crit. on the passage. — rovg Irropehuvrag, those who have endured) in preference to those who have lived luxuriously. The Alexandrian Codex and Euthalius give weight to those which read vrrofieimvrag.4 — vno/Aovriv, endurance, patience) James returns to the subject with which he began : comp. ch. i. 3, note, mpn, Septuagint, v-iro^ovri, in Job xiv. 19. It here marks constancy attaining to the desired object. — ro rtXog Kvp/ov) the end , which the Lord gave to Job. — elders , ye have seen) There is the same use of the word, with re- spect to a transaction long ago past, Heb. iii. 19. Patience and its end are in consonance, ch. i. 4 ; Matt. xxiv. 13. J ames is not silent respecting the end of the patience of Job. — or/, [“ that”] since) This depends upon the words immediately preceding. It is a continued sentence. Patience is twice mentioned, and the Lord is twice men-
1 AB Vulg. and all the Versions read xj oiOvjre ; Rec. Text, with very inferior authority, x,xreiKpi0y]re. — E.
2 AB read the 6. But Stephens* Rec. Text omits it, which perhaps was not “ by accident,” as Beng. thinks, since some few cursive, and therefore inferior, MSS. omit it.— E.
3 AB Vulg. omit fiov. Rec. Text omits it, with Syr. and Memph. Also AB and most Versions put cihhQol before x.a,Korru6uoLg. Rec. Text puts it after xotxoTr. without good authority. — E.
4 AB Vulg. and both Syr. Versions read vrr opttiuotvrctg. So Lachm. rightly. Rec. Text, with Memph. and Theb. Versions and inferior Uncial MSS., reads vTFopcivovToig: so Tisch. But this does not suit the connection so well, which plainly refers to those who had in former times endured. — E.
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tioned. Ecclus. ii. 11, o/xrlppcav y.ut fj,ay.pbdv[jjog %ai ‘TroXvsXsog, full
of compassion and mercy , long-suffering and very pitiful. — ‘roXiWXay- Xvog, very pitiful) He does not lay upon the patient more than he is able to bear. — oiar/p/im) He mercifully gives a happy issue. The figure Chiasmus : o/yr/p/joojv, from s7xw, to yield , denotes a tender affec- tion even without respect to calamity or misery, as David says to the Lord, ‘pmK, Ps. xviii. 2.
12. M?} 6/4viWs, do not swear) for instance, through impatience. The proper use of the tongue in adversity is set forth by way of contrast in ver. 13. — m re rov ovpavov , neither by heaven) Matt. v. 34 and 35. — bfiuv ro vat , vat, let your yea be yea) Let your yea he the same in word as it is in deed [reality]. — vko xpttiv, under judgment) Comp. ver. 9. This, as I have said in the Apparatus, is in agree- ment with the tenor of the whole Epistle.1 In Baumgarten , Nec has crept in, instead of Hoc. I mention this, lest he should seem to be at variance with himself.