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Mat_10:41. A general expression, the special reference of which to the disciples is found in Mat_10:42.
εἰς ὄνομα ] from a regard to that which the name implies, to the prophetic character; διʼ αὐτὸ τὸ ὀνομάζεσθαι καὶ εἶναι , Euth. Zigabenus. In Rabbinical writers we find ìÀùÑÅí . Schoettgen, p. 107; Buxtorf, Lex. Talm. p. 2431. Therefore; for the sake of the cause which stamps them with their distinguishing characteristics, for sake of the divine truth which the prophet interprets from the revelation that has been made to him, and for sake of the integrity which the δίκαιος exhibits in his life.
δίκαιον ] an upright man, correct parallel to προφήτην . The apostles, however, belong to both categories, inasmuch as they receive and preach the revelation ( προφῆται ) communicated by God through Christ, and seeing that, through their faith in the Lord, they are characterized by true and holy righteousness of life ( δίκαιοι ).
The reward of a prophet and of a righteous man is the same reward, which they will receive (in the Messianic kingdom).