Ver. 17. Ἡλείας : Elijah plays an immense part in the later Jewish litera- ture, see Hamburger, of. cit., article “ ἘΠ145᾽. With his mention here cf. Sir. xlviii. τβ.- προσευχῇ προσηύ- ξατο: Hebraism cf. Luke xxii. 15; John iii. 29, etc., etc.
Ver. 18. With this and the preceding
* This word is sometimes used as meaning fraise given to God by the act of confession of sins, cf. Ryle, Esra . . ., p. 132.
476 V. το---2ο..
e--e Cf.Gal. Io. 9”Αδελ οί is a\ τυ οι ~ 4 A Ys , ΠῚ , ο 4 9 pot µου, ἐάν τις ἐν ὑμῖν πλανηθῇ ἀπὸ τῆς 2 ἀληθείας καὶ Matt,
ξ , ιο ας ἐπιστρέψῃ τις αὐτόν, 20. γινώσκετε ὅτι ὃ 6 © ἐπιστρέψας ἁμαρτωλὸν. Vom CS ᾿Ξ Εν ie g ae 1.13. ἐκ πλάνης ὁδοῦ αὐτοῦ ὁ " σώσει 5 16 ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἐκ θανάτου δ καὶ in
k , aA Heb.); “καλύψει πλῆθος ἁμαρτιῶν.8 6 die. ¥ πολ ΟΡῸΡ cf. Prov xi. 30. ἢ Rom. xi. 14; cf. xiii. ο. i Acts xxvii. 37. κ Cf. Prov. x. 12; 1 Pet. iv. 8, and:
see Ps. xxxii. 1, Ixxxv. 2; Rom. iv. 7.
1Om. L, curss., Did., Oec., rec. 2 Add οδου της NY, 5, Pesh., Copt.
5 γινωσκετω οτι ΝΑΚΙ.Ρ, Treg., Ti., WHmg; om. ff, Sah.
4Om. ff. 5 Salvat 77, Orig.; salvavit VulgF.
5—6 την Ψνχην A, 73, Arm.; om.avtov KL, curss., Sah., Orig., Thl., Oec., Treg.;. pon αυτου post θαν. B, ff, Aeth., Weiss, WHme.
Ίκαλυπτει Vulg., Orig., Dam. 8 Peccati 7; add αµην 40.
Subscr. taxwBov B; επιστολη ιακωβου δῷ; taxwBov επιστολη A, 40, 67, 177: takwBov αποστολου επιστολη καθολικη P, 63; τελος του αγιου αποστολου LtakwBor επιστολη καθολικη L; τελος της επιστολης του αγιου αποστολου LakwBov τοι αδελφοθεουν 38; explicit epistola Jacobi filii Zaebedei {; most MSS. have no subscr..
verse cf. Ta‘anith, 24 ὃ, where we are told of how Rabbi Chaninah, on being caught in a shower of rain, prayed: “‘Master of the Universe, the whole world is pleased, while Chaninah alone is annoyed”; then the rain immediately ceased. On arriving home he prayed: ““Master of the Universe, shall all the world be grieved while Chaninah enjoys his comfort?” Whereupon the rain came down again (see Fewish Encycl., vi. 215).
Ver. 19. πλανηθῇ : “ The passive aorist is used with a middle force in classical writers, as well as in the LXX, Ὀαπε. ποσο. α. Ps.cxix 176. ΛΈΣ ΖΕΙς. xxxiv. 4” (Μαγου). ---ἀπὸ τῆς ἀλη- θείας: Cf. Mark xii. 14, ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείας τὴν ὁδὸν τοῦ θεοῦ διδάσκεις, this seems to be the way in which ἀληθεία is here used, cf. John iii. 21, v. 33; Vili. 32.--ἐπιστρέψ ῃ : excepting
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here (and in the next verse) and Luke i. 16, 17 this word is always used intrans- itively in the N.T. (cf. however Acts xxvi. 18).
Ver. 20. γινώσκετε: taking this as an indicative one may regard the words that follow as a quotation, a course which commends itself owing to the com- paratively large number of quotations with which the Epistle abounds; at the same time it must be remembered that the weight of MS. evidence is in favour of γινωσκέτω.-- καλύψει . . . (Hebrew
252) cf. τ Pet. iv. 8, one of the strongest ot the many marks of Jewish authorship which the Epistle contains ; according to Jewish doctrine good works balance evil ones; the good work of converting a sinner is reckoned here as one of the most efficacious in obliterating evil. deeds; on the whole subject see Intro-- duction IV., § 2.
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