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Rev_2:3. As in Rev_2:2 ( καὶ ἐπείρασας , κ . τ . λ .) that is amplified which was briefly indicated by the words καὶ ὅτι οὐ δύνῃ βαστάσαι κακούς , so now, also, the first point of the acknowledgment ( τ . κοπ . κ . τ . ὑπομ . σου ) is developed on a definite side, and that, too, so that not only with ὑπομονὴν ἕχεις the above ὑπομονὴν σου is again taken up, but also the ἐκβάστασας διὰ τ . ὅν . μου [942] is placed in a significant antithesis to the οὐ δύνῃ βαστάσαι κακούς , and by the καὶ οὐ κεκοπίακες [943] it is indicated that the κόπος of believers furnished with the right ὑπομονή has resulted neither in succumbing nor weariness. Beng.: “I know thy labor; yet thou dost not labor, i.e., shalt not be broken down by labor.”[944]
[942] Cf. Mat_10:22; Luk_21:17; Joh_15:21.
[943] Cf. Isa_40:31; Psa_6:7; Joh_4:6; Mat_11:28.
[944] Cf. Vitr., Wolf., Ew., Ebrard, etc.