Notes, Critical and Explanatory, on the Holy Scriptures
1 Thessalonians 4
We must believe that God, &c.
The Syriac interpreter, as well as the Vulgate, gives this meaning, having read probably mkiVfjictri. The present reading means a shout, such as that of reapers at the harvest, or soldiers rushing to battle, or sailors uniting in work. The voice of the archangel is the shout, the two terms being used to express the same idea.
In the marriage relation. " There is a species of injustice which regards women, as when a man forsaking his own wife, violates the marriage rights of another : for Paul styles this covetousness, saying, not to overreach or circum- vent the brother in the matter." St. Chrysostom, ad Rom. Horn. iii.
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