[118] For the rendering of this clause, see the exposition which follows.
[119] Comp. 2 Cor. ii. 4; vii. 8.
[120] Comp. 1 Thess. i. 5; ii. 7, 8.
[121] 1 Cor. ii. 3; 2 Cor. iv. 7; x. 1, 10; xi. 6.
[122] Comp. 2 Cor. xii. 7-10, referring apparently to the first outbreak of this mysterious affliction.
[123] Comp. Matt. xviii. 9.
[124] Ζηλόω, to have zeal towards a person or thing, to affect (A.V.: in its older English sense of seeking, paying regard to any one).
[125] The full stop placed in the English Version at the end of ver. 18, on this view, is out of place.
[126] Kalisch, Commentary, on Genesis xxi. 9.
[127] Comp. Heb. xi. 11, 12; 1 Pet. iii. 6.