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Jam 5:9. Μὴ στενάζετε, do not groan) through impatience.-ἵνα μὴ κριθῆτε, that ye be not judged) by the Judge at His coming. Groans are in jurious, both to those by whom, and those against whom, they are uttered: see App. Crit. Ed. ii.[70]-ὁ Κριτὴς, the Judge) that is, Christ, whose office they usurp, who unbecomingly groan, and anticipate the time of judgment. If Baumgarten shall show by any mark that the article was not read by Stephanus, I shall affirm that the article did not fall out by accident at the beginning of the line.[71]-ΘΥΡῶΝ, the doors) A very close approach: Mat 24:33.-ἕστηκεν, has placed Himself) stands, always hearing everything.
[70] AB Vulg. and all the Versions read κριθῆτε; Rec. Text, with very inferior authority, κατακριθῆτε.-E.
[71] AB read the ὁ. But Stephens’ Rec. Text omits it, which perhaps was not “by accident,” as Beng. thinks, since some few cursive, and therefore inferior, MSS. omit it.-E.