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Heb_10:34. Confirmatory elucidation of Heb_10:33, and that in such form that καὶ … συνεπαθήσατε corresponds to the latter half of Heb_10:33, and καὶ … προσεδέξασθε to the former half thereof.
καὶ γὰρ τοῖς δεσμίοις συνεπαθήσατε ] for ye had both compassion (Heb_4:15) on the prisoners, in that ye bestowed upon them active sympathy.
καὶ τὴν ἁρπαγὴν τῶν ὑπαρχόντων ὑμῶν κ . τ . λ .] and also accepted (comp. Heb_11:35) with joy the plundering of your goods, with joy, or willingly submitted to it. Wrongly Heinrichs, according to whom προσδέχεσθαι , here expresses, at the same time, the idea of “exspectare” and of “recipere,” so that we have to translate: “ye looked for it.”
γινώσκοντες ἔχειν ἑαυτοῖς κρείττονα ὕπαρξιν καὶ μένουσαν ] indication of motive for καὶ τὴν ἁρπαγὴν κ . τ . λ .: knowing that ye have for yourselves (as your true possession) a better property (Act_2:45), and that an abiding one, namely, the spiritual, everlasting blessings of Christianity, of which no power of the earth can deprive you. Comp. Mat_6:20; Luk_12:33.