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The Pain of a Righteous Soul
Commentators emphasize that Lot's soul was 'vexed' or 'tormented' daily. This wasn't passive sadness but an active, deep-seated anguish caused by the lawless deeds he saw and heard. Scholars explain this constant grief is a mark of the godly, who are pained by sin rather than becoming numb or joining in. This daily distress is presented as evidence of his righteousness.
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2 Peter
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Peter 2:8
18th Century
Theologian
For that righteous man dwelling among them. The Latin Vulgate renders this, "For in seeing and hearing he was just," meaning that he maint…
AT Robertson
On 2 Peter 2:8
For (γαρ). Parenthetical explanation in verse 8 of the remark about Lot.
Dwelling (ενκατοικων). Present ac…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Peter 2:8
19th Century
Bishop
For that righteous man. This epithet, here thrice given to Lot, seems at first sight to be at variance with his willingness to rem…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Peter 2:6–8
19th Century
Preacher
I love to see in God's people a holy horror of the sin which surrounds them. In several of the prayers in which we joined before we came upstairs t…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Peter 2:8
In the midst of God’s judgment of the cities of the plain, he delivered Lot, whom Peter calls “righteous.” This is puzzling because in Genesis Lot …
John Calvin
On 2 Peter 2:8
16th Century
Theologian
In seeing and hearing. The common explanation is that Lot was just in his eyes and ears, because all his senses abhorred the crimes of Sod…
John Gill
On 2 Peter 2:8
17th Century
Pastor
For that righteous man dwelling among them
Which is sometimes the lot of good men, to their great sorrow and grief, …
Matthew Henry
On 2 Peter 2:1–9
17th Century
Minister
Although the way of error is a hurtful way, many are always ready to walk in it. Let us take care that we give no opportunity to the enemy to blasp…