ὄψιμον: Cf. Deut. xi. 14, and often, wip omy ᾿ ; er. ὃ. στηρίξατε τὰς καρδί-
ας: a Hebrew idiom, 5 WYO; in the O.T. mostly of strengthening the body with food—nh παρουσία τοῦ Κυρίου ἤγγικεν: see above; cf. Matt. iii. 2; Luke xxi. 28; Phil. iv. 6; Huet, αγ. ης τ Cor. xv. 52 5,0 Dhess.av. 15; 1 Johni. 18,
Ver.g. μὴ στενάζετε: “A streng- thened expression for μὴ καταλαλεῖτε iv. τι (Carr); it refers to the inward feeling of grudge against another. The word shows that it is not only the righ- teous who are addressed in this section.—.
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. , iv.1r;2 τιρμων." 12. Πρὸ πάντων δέ," ἀδελφοί ° pou,!® μὴ ὀμνύετε, μήτε
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f Col. i. 11, τὸν οὐρανὸν μήτε τὴν γῆν μήτε ἄλλον τινὰ ὅρκον - ἤτω δὲ
g Matt. ν. δὲ h 2 Pet. i. 21.
1 Job i. 21, 22, ii. 1Ο. ν. 34-37; cf. Mal. iii. 5; Heb. vi. 16.
2 Januam ff.
i—i Cf. Dan. xii. 12.
Ἰ κατακριθητε 1:
δλαβετε . . . και
λαβετε A, 13, Aeth. 6 Add µου NKL, 13, rec. 8 Add εχετε N*A, 13, Aeth. 20 Om.tw δ, Chrys.
; See Matt. v. 10. m—m Ps, ciii. 8, cxi. 4; cf. Num, xiv. 18.
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k Matt. x. 22; Col. i. 11. n Luke vi. 36. o—o Matt.
3 Stat ff. 4 Add δε 2:
τῆς μακροθυμιας εχετε (lectio ex duabus confusa) 1; om.
Τκακοπαθιας B!P, WH; καλοκαγαθιας N. 2Om. εν AKLO, curss. 12 Pr. του 2-
12 yrouevovtas KL 2, curss., Copt., Arm., Aeth., Thl., Oec., rec.
13 ελεος 27, 29.
14 Sere AB?LP, curss.
15 πολυευσπλαγχνος curss., ΤῊ].
16 Om. ο Κνριος KL, curss.; om. ο B, WHmg, Weiss.
17 ovy Ni"; om. K, curss. 12 Add ο λογος §§*, 8, Copt., Aeth.
ὁ κριτὴς πρὸ τῶν θυρῶν ἕστη- κεν: Cf. Rev. 20. For the idea of the Judge standing at the door see Matt. XXIV. 33, . .. γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐγγύς ἐστιν ἐπὶ θύραις, xxv. το ff. (the parable of the Ten Virgins). In its origin the idea is antique; cf. the following from the Mishna (Ab. iv. 16): ‘This world is as if it were a vestibule to the future world; prepare thyself in the vestibule, that thou mayest enter the reception-room”’; this saying is one of Jacob of Korsha’s who lived in the second century A.D.—éo 7 7- x ev: for the tense see above. i
Ver.10. ὑπόδειγμα: Cf. Sir. xliv. 16 and especially John xiii. 15, ὑπόδ. ἔδωκα ὑμῖν. . « of our Τιοτά.- τῆς κακοπαθείας : ἅπ. Ney. in N.T. cf. 4 Macc. ix. 8. It means “ endurance”’ rather than the R.V. ‘“‘suffering”; this goes better with μακροθυμίας, ‘“ patience”. The rendering ‘“‘endurance’’ has support from the papyri, see Deissmann, Neue Bibelst., pp. 91 f—év τῷ ὀνόματι: although this use of the phrase is paral- leled by its use in the papyri (see Deiss- mann, Bibelst., pp. 143-5: Neue Bibelst., pp. 25, 26), it is more probable that in this case it comes through the Septuagint
from the Hebrew Dt); cf. above ii. 7.
18 Om. pov 3.
Ver. τι. μακαρίζομεν: Ch 4 Macc. xviii. 13, used in reference to Daniel—1@B: Job occupies a high place of honour in post-biblical Jewish literature, cf. the pseudepigraphic work “The Testament of ]οῦ ”.--τὸ τέλος Κυρίου : the final purpose of Jehovah with regard to Job; it could not refer to Christ, for the whole passage is dealing with Ο.Τ. εχαπιρἰε».-- πολύσπλαγχ- νος: Gm. ey. in N.T.—oiktippov: only elsewhere in N.T. in Luke vi. 36; cf. Sir. ii. 11 and often in the Septuagint.