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Lot
Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament
or (Λώτ)
Lot, the nephew, and for a time the companion, of Abraham, is thrice over called ‘righteous’ in 2 Peter 2:7-8. With all his faults, of which the spirit of compromise was the most conspicuous, he was relatively δίκαιος, i.e. in comparison with the citizens of Sodom among whom he made his abode. The Vulgate and Erasmus assume that in v. 8 he is designated ‘just in seeing and hearing’-‘aspectu et auditu justus’-but it is better to read, ‘in seeing and hearing he vexed his righteous soul.’ The active voice (ἐβασάνιζεν) implies that while he was no doubt continually vexed beyond measure by the conduct of the people around him, his troubles were ultimately of his own making, ‘It was precisely his dwelling there, which was his own deliberate choice, that became an active torment to his soul’ (H. von Soden in Handkom. zum NT, iii., Freiburg i. B., 1899, p. 203).
James Strahan.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Lot'. Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdn/l/lot.html. 1906-1918.
