[97]See extensive discussion in Mayor. The New Testament usage favors the middle, but the passive is also in use, and either makes good sense. [98]The passive voice does not have its technical force here as in Rev. 18:23 but rather is more like the middle in sense as in Deut. 22:1 and probably (Mayor) in Luke 21:8; 2 Peter 2:15. The passive is constantly making inroads on the middle in Koine Greek. Transcriber’s Notes --Silently corrected a few typographical errors. --Retained publication information from the printed exemplar, which was already in the public domain. End of Project Gutenberg's Studies in the Epistle of James, by A. T. Robertson