YOU HAVE CONDEMNED, YOU HAVE MURDERED THE JUST (James 5:6).
The final charge against the rich is that they condemned and murdered the just, and he did not resist them. The just here represent innocent people in general. James is thinking of the rough, high-handed way in which rich people have characteristically behaved toward their subordinates.
They have condemned them by false accusation, harsh language, and by threats. They have killed them, not directly perhaps, but by overworking and underpaying them. The innocent offered no resistance. To protest might result in further brutality, or dismissal from their job.
The final charge against the rich is that they condemned and murdered the just, and he did not resist them. The just here represent innocent people in general. James is thinking of the rough, high-handed way in which rich people have characteristically behaved toward their subordinates.
They have condemned them by false accusation, harsh language, and by threats. They have killed them, not directly perhaps, but by overworking and underpaying them. The innocent offered no resistance. To protest might result in further brutality, or dismissal from their job.
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