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Verse 6. _YE HAVE CONDEMNED_ AND _KILLED THE JUST;_ AND _HE DOTH_
_NOT RESIST YOU__._] Several by τονδικαιον, _the just one_,
understand Jesus Christ, who is so called, Acts 3:14; Acts 7:52;...
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YE HAVE CONDEMNED AND KILLED THE JUST - τὸν δίκαιον ton
dikaion - “the just one,” or “the just man” - for the word
used is in the singular number. This may either refer to the
condemnation and cruci...
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V. THE COMING OF THE LORD AND THE LIFE OF FAITH
CHAPTER 5
_ 1. The oppression by the rich and their coming doom (James 5:1)_
2. Be patient unto the coming of the Lord (James 5:7)
3. The prayers of...
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From the merely careless rich James turns to the actively oppressive,
the fellows of those whom he lashes in James 2:6 f. For him, of
course, the prophetic Day of the Lord was more assured and more
de...
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THE WORTHLESSNESS OF RICHES (James 5:1-3)...
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Look you, the pay of the reapers who reaped your estates, the pay kept
back from them by you, cries against you, and the cries of those who
reaped have come to the ears of the Lord of Hosts. On the ea...
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JUST. App-191. Compare Matthew 12:7; Matthew 27:19; Acts 3:14.
NOT. App-105. This is the Figure of speech _Asyndeton._ App-6. The two
_ands_ should be omitted....
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_Ye have condemned and killed the just_ The words have been very
generally understood as referring to the death of Christ, and on this
view, the words "he doth not resist you" have been interpreted as...
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ΚΑΤΕΔΙΚΆΣΑΤΕ, YE CONDEMNED. Another reference to the
courts, κριτήρια ch. James 2:6, which were used as instruments
of oppression.
ὈΦΟΝΕΎΣΑΤΕ ΤῸΝ ΔΊΚΑΙΟΝ, YE SLEW THE JUST ONE.
Either (_a_) some speci...
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The thought of trade suggests the thought of wealth, as in Revelation
18:15 οἱ ἔμποροι τούτων πλουτήσαντες�ʼ
αὐτῆς.
The rich men who are here addressed are outside ‘the brotherhood.’
This appears clea...
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_RETAIN THE RIGHT ATTITUDE -- JAMES 5:1-11_ Wealth is not wrong within
itself. The trouble with riches is in reference to wealth held without
regard for the kingdom of God. The worldly rich that are d...
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ΚΑΤΕΔΙΚΆΣΑΤΕ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΤΑΔΙΚΆΩ
(G2613) приговаривать кого-л., осуждать,
ΈΦΟΝΕΎΣΑΤΕ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΦΟΝΕΎΩ (G5407)
убивать,
ΑΝΤΙΤΆΣΣΕΤΑΙ _praes. ind. med. (dep.) от_
ΑΝΤΙΤΆΣΣΩ (G498)...
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YE HAVE CONDEMNED AND KILLED THE JUST;— By τον Δικαιον,
_the Just,_ some understand our Lord Jesus Christ, who is so termed,
Acts 3:14 and in other places. Him the Jews murdered, and _he did not
resis...
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CHAPTER IX
_PRETENDED DEBATE WITH A RICH UNBELIEVER_
James 4:13 to James 5:6
_Introduction:_
The title of this chapter is itself interpretive, and might introduce
some discussion. There is no doubt...
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THE END OF THE UNGODLY RICH
_Text 5:1-6_
James 5:1.
Come now ye rich and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.
2.
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth eaten.
3.
Your...
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Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
YE HAVE CONDEMNED ... THE JUST. The aorist [ katedikasate (G2613)],
'Ye are wont to condemn, etc., the just.' Their condemnation o...
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VERSE 6 YE HAVE CONDEMNED AND KILLED THE JUST.
The Jews condemned and slew the just one, the Lord Jesus Christ, and
the facts of history show that it was the rich and influential that
were guilty of...
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5 This passage has puzzled the commentators, and there are many and
various explanations offered to solve what seems to be one of the most
difficult passages in the Scriptures. A simple explanation, w...
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REBUKE AND ENCOURAGEMENT
2. Are corrupted, etc.] prophetic tense, in which the future is spoken
of as though it were already come to pass....
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THE JUST] RV 'righteous one,' may refer (as Acts 3:14; Acts 7:52) to
our Lord, but is perhaps a general statement, although in that case
the plural rather than the singular would naturally be used.
7...
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WHAT *FAITH SHOULD DO
JAMES
_IAN MACKERVOY_
The word list at the end explains words with a *star by them.
CHAPTER 5
JUDGEMENT OF THE RICH 5:1-6
V1 Now, you rich people, weep and cry aloud. Th...
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YE HAVE CONDEMNED AND KILLED THE JUST. — Better thus: _Ye condemned,
ye slew the just_ — as in the speech of Peter (Acts 3:14), or that
of Stephen (Acts 7:52). Such a reference, however, has been disa...
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CHAPTER 23
THE FOLLIES AND INIQUITIES OF THE RICH;
THEIR MISERABLE END.
James 5:1
HERE, if anywhere in the Epistle, the writer glances aside from the
believing Jews of the Dispersion, to whom the l...
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κατεδικάσατε, ἐφονεύσατε τὸν δίκαιον
: this expresses what must often have taken place; the prophetical
books often refer to like things; there is no reason for regarding
this as some specific case of...
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PATIENTLY AWAIT THE LORD'S COMING
James 5:1
There are many among the rich who are using money as a sacred trust.
Not against these does the Apostle utter his terrible anathemas, but
against those who...
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Approaching the conclusion of his letter, the writer addressed a
terrible indictment and solemn warning to the rich. He showed the
failure of possessions, and how they may become the curse of life.
S...
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THE ABUSIVE RICH WILL BE JUDGED
James had a message for the oppressive rich. He asked for their close
attention, as in 4:13, by saying "Come now." This time he is speaking
to the rich. His message see...
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Go now rich men, &c. In the first six verses, he gives admonitions to
those among the Christians who were rich, not to rely on riches, nor
value themselves on this account. You must look upon your ric...
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Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall
come upon you. (2) Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are
motheaten. (3) Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of...
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To the reader who enters on the consideration of the epistle of James
from the epistles of Paul, the change is great and sudden, and by no
means least of all from the epistle to the Hebrews, which, in...
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6_Ye have condemned_. Here follows another kind of inhumanity, that
the rich by their power oppressed and destroyed the poor and weak. He
says by a metaphor that the just were condemned and killed; fo...
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The two classes in Israel are distinctly marked here in contrast with
one another, with the addition of the walk which the Christian ought
to pursue when chastised by the Lord.
The apostle gives the c...
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YE HAVE CONDEMNED AND KILLED THE JUST,.... Meaning not Christ, the
Just One, as some have thought; whom the Jewish sanhedrim condemned as
guilty of death, and got the sentence passed upon him, and him...
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Ye have condemned _and_ killed the just; _and_ he doth not resist you.
Ver. 6. _Ye have condemned and killed_] Take it either properly, or
metaphorically of usurers and extortioners, that not only ro...
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_Ye have lived in pleasure, and have been wanton_ Ετρυφησατε
και εσπαταλησατε. The former word signifies, _ye have
lived luxuriously;_ or, as the Vulgate has it, Epulati estis, _ye have
feasted;_ it b...
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HE DOTH NOT RESIST YOU; after the example of his Lord, he commits his
cause to God, knowing that He will execute judgment in his behalf.
Compare 1 Peter 2:23. With these words the apostle passes from...
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VARIOUS ADMONITIONS IN VIEW OF THE NEARNESS OF THE JUDGMENT.
Exhortation to the rich:...
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YE HAVE CONDEMNED AND KILLED THE JUST; AND HE DOTH NOT RESIST YOU.
To the remarks which the author has written concerning the rich in the
first part of his letter he now adds an exhortation in which h...
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Verses 1 Timothy 6 are addressed to rich men, and no doubt specially
to those who make some claim of having the knowledge of God. They are
bidden to weep and howl for the miseries that will take them,...
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How have the rich condemned the poor? In what way have they murdered
the poor?...
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"You have condemned and put to death the righteous man; he does not
resist you"."You have condemned and put to death the righteous man"
-To condemn is to pronounce guilty. Evidently, the various wealt...
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1-6 Public troubles are most grievous to those who live in pleasure,
and are secure and sensual, though all ranks suffer deeply at such
times. All idolized treasures will soon perish, except as they...
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YE HAVE CONDEMNED AND KILLED; i.e. procured by your wealth and power
the passing unrighteous sentences, and thereby the destruction of the
just. THE JUST; indefinitely and collectively, _the just_ for...
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James 5:6 condemned G2613 (G5656) murdered G5407 (G5656) just G1342
does G498 not G3756 resist G498 ...
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‘You have condemned, you have killed the righteous one.
He is not resisting (or ‘opposing') you.'
‘The Righteous One' is a New Testament term for Jesus. See Acts
3:14; Acts 7:52; Acts 22:14. That doe...
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DIATRIBE AGAINST THE UNGODLY RICH (JAMES 5:1).
Notice the complete contrast between the rich as described here and
those who are being tested and tried in the opening words of the
letter, ‘count it al...
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James 5:6. The third sin is the oppression or persecution of the
righteous. Y E HAVE CONDEMNED AND KILLED THE JUST, or the just one the
just man, as the word ‘just' is in the singular. These words hav...
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St. James, having warned his readers against worldliness, and exhorted
them to humility before God, proceeds to censure the rich for their
forgetfulness of their dependence upon God, their proud confi...
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YE HAVE CONDEMNED
(κατεδικασατε). First aorist active indicative of
καταδικαζω, old verb (from καταδικη, condemnation,
Acts 25:15). The rich controlled the courts of justice.YE HAVE KILLED
THE RIGH...
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CONTENTS: Warning to the rich. Exhortations in view of Christ's second
coming.
CHARACTERS: Christ, Job, Elias, James.
CONCLUSION: Great amassing of wealth will be a sign of the last days,
but woe to...
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James 5:1. _Go to now,_ or go now, _ye rich men._ He had taught them
humility, because their glory vanished away as the flower of the
field: chap. James 1:10. He now calls upon them _to weep and howl_...
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YOU HAVE. The "Zealots" (note on Mark 15:7) especially, killed with no
feeling of guilt. The climax of their sin was the murder of the
_Innocent Man,_ Christ Jesus. Compare Acts 7:52. [_Both_ Jew and...
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JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 5:1 The rich people mentioned here are probably
not believers (compare James 2:6).
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JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 5:6 RIGHTEOUS PERSON may have a double meaning.
He is both “one of God’s forgiven people” and “a person who is
innocent” of the death sentence that the wealthy have given him. He
d...
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RULES FOR DAILY CONDUCT
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
James 5:1. RICH MEN.—Always in Scripture, the men who are proud of
their riches, centred in their riches, and are nothing but rich. The
good ma...
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EXPOSITION
JAMES 5:1
DENUNCIATION OF THE RICH FOR
(1) GRINDING DOWN THE POOR AND KEEPING BACK THEIR WAGES;...
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Now in chapter five he takes on the rich. So this doesn't apply to
many of us.
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall
come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, your garment...
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1 Peter 2:22; 1 Peter 2:23; 1 Thessalonians 2:15; 1 Thessalonians
2:16;...
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Are riches a blessing or a curse?
PROBLEM: Solomon lauded riches as a blessing from God, saying, “In
the house of the righteous there is much treasure” (Proverbs 15:6;
cf. Psalms 112:3). However, Jam...
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By the JUST, may be understood JESUS CHRIST, that JUST ONE whom the
nation of the Jews condemned and killed; and also such of his members,
orthodox Christians, who the judaizing Christians persecuted....