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walk even beyond the place of his captivity. Step by step, there- fore, the angels who have sinned, are given to Tartarus ( ruprupouvrcu ). — napsdwxsv, delivered) them; just as the judge delivers the prisoner to the officers. Compare Apoc. xx. 2. — sig xplav rripov/Aevovg, reserved unto judgment) tine judgment of the great day , Jude 6.
5. ’A pxaiov, ancient) antediluvian. — oydoov Nw£, Noah the eighth person) Noah and his family were eight in number. Raphelius shows that this use of numerals prevailed among the Greeks. Com- pare 1 Pet. iii. 20. To the eight souls is opposed the universe , the densely peopled world of the ungodly. — bixcuoavvrig xqpvx a, a preacher of righteousness) Not only was he himself righteous, but he had also preached righteousness to the world. — xu raxXvGfilv, the flood) Although therefore the godly are saved, the wicked cannot hope that they shall be saved with them.
6. noXg/s, cities) There were therefore sins of the same descrip- tion in the neighbourhood of Sodom, Gomorrha, etc. — reppdotug xaraGrpopfo turning them into ashes with an overthrow) The words xaraGTp'scpsiv and xotrocGrpocpri are thus used, Gen. xix. 25, 29, Sep- tuagint. — rsQuxug, placing) [rendering them]. It was an imperish- able memorial of God and of the Divine judgment.
7. A/xa/ov, righteous) Gen. xix. 1, 7. — uQ'scfiuv, of the lawless or impious) of those who sinned against nature. — sv uasXys/a, in wan- tonness) Gen. xix. 5.
8. *0 btxouog — &xa/av, the righteous man — his righteous soul) The reflex influence of grief is elegantly expressed. Lot tortured himself : and the guilty men of Sodom were his torment. — w'spai/ s% ti/uspug, from day to day) Thus the Septuagint often renders DP DP. — spyotg) by deeds , spoken of.
9. 0/3 g) knows , and remembers : even when men know not any aid. The instances alleged show this. There is no doubt as to the will of the Lord.— gDtfg /3g%, the godly) such as Noah and Lot , godly and righteous men. — jUadui, to rescue) There are more examples, Jer. xxxix. 11, 18, xlv. 5. — ablxovg) the unrighteous and ungodly : such as many, who have been lately mentioned. — xoXafyiAwovg) to be punished : a future event, and yet expressed in the present ; because the punishment is certain and imminent.
10. M aXicru) chiefly . These will be especially punished. — <mV<w,
after) The generic description is, the walking after the flesh : the specific, the walking after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness . — xa/, and) There is a division, concerning impurity and blasphemy: after , and government . The latter subject is treated of imme-
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