But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.
Ver. 21. But we trusted] q.d. Indeed now we cannot tell what to say to it. Here their hope hangs the wing extremely, their buckler is much battered, and needs beating out again. Ferendum et sperandum, speaking and hoping, said the philosopher. (οιστεον και ελπιστεον. Epictet.) And good men find it more easy to bear evil than to wait for good,Hebrews 10:36 .