James 5:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. ”

James 5:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Take, my brethren, the prophets - That is, in your trials and persecutions. To encourage them to the exercise of patience, he points them to the example of those who had trod the same thorny path...
James 5:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(6) Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. (6) Because most men will object, that it is good to repel inju...
James 5:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Patience in James 5:7-8 ; James 5:10 is different from endurance in n, Hebrews 12:1 f.; it is the opposite of short-temperedness or impatience. The farmer does his work and then can only wait fo...
James 5:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the prophets . i.e. the O.T. prophets. App-189. have spoken . spoke. App-121. for . as. example . See John 13:15 . suffering affliction . Greek. kakopatheia. Only here. Compare James 5:1...
James 5:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

10 Take, my brethren, the prophets. The comfort which he brings is not that which is according to the common proverb, that the miserable hope for like companions in evils. That they set befor...
James 5:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. Take - the prophets - The prophets who had spoken to their forefathe...
James 5:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Take, my brethren, the prophets, &c.— "You may think that your present calamities are great and heavy, and so indeed they are; but your case is not singular; ( Lamentations 1:12 .) others have...
James 5:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. The prophets - especially persecuted, therefore especially '...
James 5:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Rebuke and Encouragement 2. Are corrupted, etc.] prophetic tense, in which the future is spoken of as though it were already come to pass.
James 5:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For an example. — Another reason for endurance, an example of affliction and patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. These are the bright ones in the cloud of witnesses, of whom...
James 5:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 24 PATIENCE IN WAITING-THE ENDURANCE OF JOB-THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MENTION OF JOB BY ST. JAMES. James 5:7-11 "BE patient, therefore, brethren." The storm of indignation is past, and f...
James 5:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Patiently Await the Lord's Coming James 5:1-11 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...
James 5:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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....
James 5:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter r...
James 5:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord ,.... Men who have been highly honoured of God, with a gift of prophesying, or foretelling things to come; to whom God reveal...
James 5:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. Ver. 10. For an example of suffering ] Examples very much affect...
James 5:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Take the prophets Once persecuted like you, even for speaking in the name of the Lord The very men that gloried in having the prophets, yet could not bear their message. Nor did either the holine...
James 5:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 th...
James 5:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Warnings to the Rich; Motives to Patience under Affliction. A. D. 61. 1 Go to now, ye rich m...
James 5:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Take, my brethren, the prophets; as being most eminent among God's people, and leaders of them; he intimates that it is an honour to suffer among the best. Who have spoken in the name of the Lord;...
James 5:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Call To Patient Endurance In The Light Of The Lord's Coming ( James 5:7-11 ). James now turns back to those who are true ‘brothers' and exhorts them to patient endurance, and to watch their tong...
James 5:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES James 5:7 . Margin, “suffer with long patience.” St. James inculcates a systematic course of action. Early and latter rain. — Early rain fell from October to Febru...
James 5:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
James 5:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION James 5:1-59 DENUNCIATION OF THE RICH FOR (1) GRINDING DOWN THE POOR AND KEEPING BACK THEIR WAGES ; (2) LUXURY ; (3) MURDER . The whole...
James 5:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Admonition to patience:
James 5:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 2:14 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:15 ; 2 Chronicles 36:16 ; Acts 3:21 ; Acts 7:52 ; Hebrews 11:32-38 ; Hebrews 13:7 ; Isaiah 39:8 ; Jeremiah 2:30 ; Jeremiah 23:22 ; Jeremiah 26:16 ;...
James 5:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Take the prophets for an example — Once persecuted like you, even for speaking in the name of the Lord. The very men that gloried in having prophets yet could not bear their message: nor did either...

James 5:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

James 5:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

James 5:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

James 5:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

James 5:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

James 5:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

James 5:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

James 5:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

James 5:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

James 5:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

James 5:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

James 5:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

James 5:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

James 5:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James 5:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

James 5:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

James 5:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

James 5:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

James 5:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

James 5:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

James 5:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

James 5:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

James 5:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

James 5:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

James 5:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

James 5:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 5:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes