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2Pe_2:8. Explanation of the καταπονούμενον .
βλέμματι γὰρ καὶ ἀκοῇ ] is to be joined neither with δίκαιος (Vulg.: adspectu et auditu Justus erat), nor with ἐγκατοικῶν (Gerhard), but with the finite verb; it was by seeing and hearing that Lot’s soul suffered, and is added in order more strongly to emphasize Lot’s painful position among the ungodly.
ψυχὴν δικαίαν ἀνόμοις ἔργοις ἐβασάνιζεν ] “he vexed his righteous soul by the ungodly works,” i.e. his soul, because it was righteous, felt vexation at the evil which he was obliged to see and hear. “ ἐβασάνιξειν serves to show that the pain at the sight of the sinful lives arose out of personal activity, out of inclination of the soul to the good, out of positive opposition to the evil” (Dietlein). The earlier interpreters have for the most part missed the correct idea; Calvin, Hornejus, Pott, de Wette, and the modern commentators generally, have interpreted correctly.[69]
[69] Cf. Xenophon, hist. Graec. I. 4, p. 407: ὥστʼ ἐνίους καὶ τῶν τυπτομένων , νομίμων δὲ ὄντων ἀνθρώπων , ἀδημονῆσαι τὰς ψυχὰς , ἰδόντας τὴν ἀσέβειαν ; Only it must be observed that Lot was vexed at the godlessness in itself, not because he personally had to suffer by it.