Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that does evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek;
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Having shown the extreme seriousness of the disease … Paul goes on to give the Jew the greater burden in the tribulation. For the Jew has enjoyed a larger share of instruction and so also deserves to suffer a larger share of the punishment if he does wrong. The wiser or mightier we are, the more we will be punished if we sin.