{That thou art} (se onta). Participle in indirect
discourse after hor(935c) (I see). {In the gall of bitterness} (eis
chol(886e) pikrias). Old word from cholas either from che(935c), to
pour, or chlo(885c), yellowish green, bile or gall. In the N.T. only
in Mt 27:34 and here. In LXX in sense of wormwood as well as
bile. See De 29:18 32:32 La 3:15 Job 16:14 . "Gall and
bitterness" in De 29:18 . Here the gall is described by the
genitive pikrias as consisting in "bitterness." In Heb 12:15
"a root of bitterness," a bitter root. This word pikria in the
N.T. only here and Heb 12:15 Ro 3:14 Eph 4:31 . The "bond of
iniquity" (sundesmon adikias) is from Isa 58:6 . Paul uses
this word of peace ( Eph 4:3 ), of love ( Col 3:14 ), of the body
( Col 2:19 ). Peter describes Simon's offer as poison and a
chain.
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