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Mat 10:41. Εἰς ὄνομα, κ.τ.λ., in the name, etc.) i.e., on this ground, and on no other.[503]-προφήτην-δίκαιον, a prophet-a righteous man) A prophet is one who speaks, a righteous man one who acts, in the name of God, and is distinguished for his remarkable righteousness; see ch. Mat 13:17, Mat 23:29; Heb 11:33.-μισθὸν, hire, reward) for he shows himself as obedient to God as if he were a prophet himself. It may be asked how he who is not righteous himself can receive a righteous man as a righteous man? The reply is easy: Such a man, by the very act, abandons his evil way, and ceases to be the enemy of righteousness.
[503] So the French Version, published in Geneva in 1744 A.D., “En qualitè de Prophete.” The Latin expression, Prophetœ nomine, is similar.-E. B.