δικαίου—ἀγαθοῦ. Both masc. The idea is that the appeal of a righteous character hardly stirs the emotion; the good man with more that touches the heart may inspire such an act. Those for whom Christ died were neither.

τολμᾷ = ‘has the spirit to die’; cf. Field, ad loc[132], qu. Eur. Alc. 644.

[132] ad loc. ad locum

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Old Testament