Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
Ye have condemned ... the just. The aorist х katedikasate (G2613)], 'Ye are wont to condemn, etc., the just.' Their condemnation of Christ, "the Just" (Acts 3:14; Acts 7:52; Acts 22:14), is the prominent thought. All the innocent blood shed is included, the Holy Spirit comprehending James himself, called "the just," slain in a tumult. See 'Introduction.' Compare the "righteous (just) man," James 5:16. The righteousness of Jesus and His people peculiarly provokes the ungodly great of the world.
He doth not resist you. The very patience of the just is abused as an incentive to bold persecution, as if sinners may do as they please with impunity. God doth 'resist х antitassetai (G498), as here] the proud' (James 4:6); but Jesus, as man, "opened not His mouth:" so His people are meek under persecution. The just seem destitute of help: none dares resist you, oppressors. But the day will come when God will resist х antitassetai (G498), set Himself in array against] His people's foes.