7. For scarcely for a righteous man--a man of simply
unexceptionable character.
will one--"any one"
die: yet peradventure for a good man--a man who, besides being
unexceptionable, is distinguished for goodness, a benefactor to
society.
some--"some one."
would--rather, "doth."
even dare to die--"Scarce an instance occurs of self-sacrifice for
one merely upright; though for one who makes himself a blessing to
society there may be found an example of such noble surrender of
life" (So BENGEL,
OLSHAUSEN,
THOLUCK,
ALFORD,
PHILIPPI).
(To make the "righteous" and the "good" man here to mean the same person,
and the whole sense to be that "though rare, the case may occur, of one
making a sacrifice of life for a worthy character" [as
CALVIN,
BEZA,
FRITZSCHE,
JOWETT], is extremely flat.)
JFB.
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