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Jam 5:10. Ἀδελφοί μου, τῆς κακοπαθείας) The vindication of this reading is to be found, App. Crit. Ed. ii. on this passage.[72]-Τῆς ΚΑΚΟΠΑΘΕΊΑς, the enduring of evils) lest you should think that any strange thing has happened to you. The word κακοπαθεῖ occurs, Jam 5:13.-ΤΟῪς ΠΡΟΦΉΤΑς, the prophets) who were singularly persecuted in their time, and therefore blessed: Mat 5:12.-ἐλάλησαν, have spoken) How great was the violence of the world, and the patient endurance of the prophets, is here intimated.-τῷ ὀνόματι, in the name) The obedience of the prophets in praising the name of the Lord is intended: ἐν is understood, as at Mat 7:22; Lev 19:12, Septuagint.
[72] AB Vulg. omit μον. Rec. Text omits it, with Syr. and Memph. Also AB and most Versions put ἀδελφοὶ before κακοπαθείας. Rec. Text puts it after κακοπ, without good authority.-E.