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Heb 12:3. Ἀναλογίσασθε) consider, by instituting a comparison. The Lord has suffered so much; how much more should His servants encounter some suffering? It is, so to speak, a modal expression (an appeal to their feeling); for it very rarely happens that γὰρ is added to the imperative;-it is the same as if he had said: for the Lord has endured so great contradiction, and you ought to remember it. The force of the Ætiology (assigning of the reason by γὰρ) falls upon the other verb, which is put beside it; comp. ὑπομεμενηκότα, here, and also ὑπέμεινε, Heb 12:2.-ὑπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν, by sinners) It is said of us, against sin, Heb 12:4 : comp. Heb 12:1. Sin itself, by which others are led away and we are tempted, assails us; not sin, but sinners, contradicted Christ.-ἀντιλογίαν) LXX. ἀντιλογία for מדון, Psa 80:7 : for ריב, often. Contradiction involves striving against, Joh 19:12; Act 28:19, and mostly denotes the natural disposition of infidelity or unbelief, as confession follows faith.-ἵνα μὴ κάμητε ταῖς ψυχαῖς ὑμῶν) LXX. κάμνων τῇ ψυχῇ μου, Job 10:1. For in other places κάμνειν refers to the body; but ἐκλυόμενοι is put absolutely, as Heb 12:5.-ἐκλυόμενοι) Heb 12:5. He who ἐκλύεται, actually fails or faints, κάμνει is habitually wearied out.