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Heb_11:25. Justificatory explanation of the ἠρνήσατο , Heb_11:24 : in that he preferred to suffer evil treatment with the people of God, in place of possessing a temporary sinful enjoyment.
μᾶλλον αἱρεῖσθαι ἤ ] in Holy Scripture a ἅπαξ λεγόμενον ; in profane literature, on the other hand, of very frequent occurrence. Instances in Wetstein.
The compound συγκακουχεῖσθαι only here; the simple form κακουχεῖσθαι alone (Heb_11:37; Heb_13:3) is found elsewhere.
τῷ λαῷ τοῦ θεοῦ ] see at Heb_4:9.
πρόσκαιρον ἀπόλαυσιν ] an enjoyment only temporary, of brief duration, sc. of the earthly joys of life. Contrast to the enjoyment of everlasting blessedness.
ἁμαρτίας ] not genit. objecti (Theophylact, Schlichting, Stengel, al.), but genit. auct.: Enjoyment, such as (the committing of) sin affords. By ἁμαρτία is meant apostasy from God, by the abandoning of the communion with the people of God.