3. For--justifying his exhortation, "Looking unto Jesus."
consider--by way of comparison with yourselves, so the
Greek.
contradiction--unbelief, and every kind of opposition
(Ac 28:19).
sinners--Sin assails us. Not sin, but
sinners, contradicted Christ [BENGEL].
be wearied and faint--Greek, "lest ye weary fainting."
Compare
Isa 49:4, 5,
as a specimen of Jesus not being wearied out by the
contradiction and strange unbelief of those among whom He
labored, preaching as never man did, and exhibiting miracles
wrought by His inherent power, as none else could do.
JFB.
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