The more befitting is it that servants should exercise patience.1 — rrapebidov dsy but committed ) viz. the judgment . — dtxuiwg, righteously ) The righteousness of God is the foundation of tranquility to the afflicted.
24. "Og, who) Peter infers, that we are able, and ought to follow the footsteps of Christ. — a brbg avqveyxev, Himself bare) abrovpyia , personal exertion , becomes a servant, so that he himself should do what is to be done. [Er muss selber daran. — Not. Crit.] Jesus Christ Himself undertook the part of others : lie did not substitute others for Himself, as they do at the present day, who assign [locant, let out] Canonical Hours toothers. Peter agrees with Is. liii. 11, Septuagint, xat rug u,uapriag abrobv abr'og dvo/tfs/, And He Himself shall bear their sins. Comp. Heb. ix. 28, note. — h rp ffui/xan abrov , in His own body) which was most afflicted. — srri ro |uXov, upon the tree) Slaves were accustomed to be punished with the tree the cross, the fork*2 — 7v a, that) This word, that, declares that the expia- tion of sins, properly so called, was made on the cross of Christ : in- asmuch as the fruit of it, and of it alone, was our deliverance from the slavery of sin. — dcro/gi/o'/xstw, being dead) This expression appo- sitely describes our deliverance from the slavery of sin : for a slave is said to become the property of any one , ysveadai rmg. ’ Arro signifies separation; as Job xv. 4, Septuagint, anzrroii)<ru pofiov , thou castest off fear : German, ohne werden. The opposite term is npoffysv'egQai in the Septuagint. The Body of Christ utfsyivsro, was presently taken away from that tree to which He had borne our sins : so ought we to be removed from sin. — r? j dixuiotuvri, to righteousness) Righteous- ness is altogether one ; sin is manifold, to sins. Respecting right- eousness, comp. Is. liii. 11. — ^(rw/xsv, ice may live) in a free service.
25. 06 rip {Jju'kufti abrov id6r\n' yjrs yap ug rrpoBara nXa\ 'd/z-sva, by
whose stripe ye were healed ; for ye were as sheep going astray) Is. liii. 5, 6, Septuagint, ru> abrov ijfieTg iaOriytr rruvreg ug rrpo-
Bara in'kaviiOri/jssv. A paradox of the apostle : Ye were healed with a stripe. But a weal , is common on the person of a slave :
Sirach xxiii. 10. — rcoifAm xai Wusxovoi, shepherd and bishop) whom you are bound to obey. Synonymous words. Comp. ch. v. 2.
1 It is in fact arms of this sort which are often used by those who are feeble : such as slaves especially were, who might therefore be readily disposed to threaten their masters with the Divine judgment. — V. g.
2 The furca consisted of two pieces of wood in the shape of the letter V, which pressed upon the neck and back, while the hands were bound to the two ends. A slave thus punished was called furcifer. — T.
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