“Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.”
Brothers and sisters, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord — the appeal to exemplars (hypodeigma, example) invokes the prophets as models of patient suffering. The prophets 'spoke in the name of the Lord' (onomati kyriou) despite facing hardship, demonstrating that faithfulness to God's word brings suffering but also reward. This reference recalls the tradition of prophetic persecution throughout Israel's history.
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