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These are they which (οὗτοί εἰσιν οἵτινες)
Which denotes them as belonging to a class. Hence Rev., rightly, such as.
Honest and good heart
Peculiar to Luke. Honest; lit., fair, noble. Honest, not in the popular sense, but in the sense of the Latin honestus ; noble, virtuous, worthy.
Keep (κατέχουσιν)
Much better Rev., hold it fast, giving the force of the compound verb.
With patience
Or in patience. Peculiar to Luke. In contrast with fall away, Luk 8:13.