have ye forgotten the exhortation that discourseth with you as sons
,
My son, regard not lightly the Lord's chastening ,
Nor faint when thou art reproved by Him;
6 For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth
,
And scourgeth every son whom He receiveth?
12:3.
ajnalogivsasqe gavr
...] Vulg.
Recogitate enim...For consider Him that hath endured
...Be patient, the writer says, look to Christ; for I charge you to consider His sufferings. If the eyes are steadfastly turned to Him
(
ajforw'nte"
) the believer cannot fail to ponder the vision and to estimate the power of His work in relation to Life. That is sufficient in order that Christians may support their afflictions. If the leader bears the brunt of the battle the soldier can follow.
The use of
gavr
with imp. implies the result of the comparison. The word
ajnalogivzomai
does not occur elsewhere in the LXX. or N. T. It is common in classical Greek, and expresses in particular the careful estimate of one object with regard to another. Plat.
Theaet.
p. 186 A (
ajnal. ta; gegonovta
...
pro;" ta; mevllonta
);
Resp.
10.618 C. The use here in respect of a person and not of a thing is remarkable. The writer seems to say Consider Christ, reckoning up His sufferings point by point, going over them again and again, not the sufferings on the Cross only, but all that led up to it. This is to be done once for all (
ajnalogivsasqe
not
ajnalogivzesqe
).
to;n toiauvt. uJpomem.
...
ajntilogivan
]
Him that hath endured such
gainsaying
, such opposition as shewed itself in the infliction of the most cruel shame and death, in comparison with which your sufferings are insignificant.
For the use of the perfect ( uJpomemenhkovta ) in connexion with the abiding results of Christ's work the following passages should be carefully studied:
Heb. 12:2 (
kekavqiken
): 1:4 (
keklhronovmhken
); 2:9 (
hjlattwmevnon
...
ejstefanwmevnon
); 2:18 (
pevponqen
); 4:14 (
dielhluqovta
); 4:15 (
pepeirasmevnon
); 7:26 (
kecwrismevno"
); 7:28 (
teteleiwmevnon
); 9:26
(
pefanevrwtai
).
Compare Heb. 7:6 (note) for the use of the perfect generally. The remarkable reading uJpo; tw'n aJm. eij" eJaut. gives the idea expressed in Num. 16:38, sinners against their own selves. The definite form ( uJpo; tw'n aJmart. not uJf. aJmart. ) describes the representative class in the great crisis of the nation's history. JAmartavnein eij" is the common construction (Luke 15:28 & c.).
Theodoret strangely joins eij" aujtouv" with ajnalogivsasqe : to; eij" aujtou;" ajnti; tou' eij" eJautouv" . logivsasqe, fhsiv, parj uJmi'n aujtoi'" ...
For the word ajntilogiva , which corresponds to byrI , H8190 in Pss.
17:44 (18:44); 30:21 (31:21), compare Jude 11; John 19:12; Luke 2:34; Acts 28:19; Tit. 1:9; 2:9.
The opposition in words is the beginning of every form and act of opposition.
i{na mh; kavmhte ... ejkluovmenoi
] The final failure comes from continuous weakening. The moral strength is enfeebled little by little (
ejkluovmenoi
as