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appeals to examples in which it had been conspicuously shewn before he passes on to enforce religious duties.

Heb. 13:7. mnhmoneuvete tw'n hJg. ] Remember , though they have now passed away, them that had the rule over you. Scripture everywhere recognises the living power of a great example. Comp. Heb. 6:12. The word mnhmoneuvein is used of our relation to Christ 2 Tim. 2:8 ( mnhm. jI. C. ejghgermevnon ).

The term oiJ hJgouvmenoi (Vulg. praepositi ) occurs again Heb. 13:17, 24; Clem. 1 ad Cor. 1 (in c. 7 of civil rulers); 21 tou;" prohgoumevnou" hJmw'n . Compare Acts 15:22 ( a[ndra" hJgoumevnou" ejn toi'" ajdelfoi'" ). The word occurs frequently in the LXX. of various forms of authority; and in later Greek of bishops and abbots. Compare pp. 384 f.
oi{tine" ejlavl. ...] men that spake to you .... Comp. Heb. 2:3 note. The
phrase
oJ lovgo" tou' qeou' is used from Luke 5:1 throughout the N. T. both of the revelation in the O. T. and of the revelation through Christ.

For the thought compare 1 Thess. 5:12 f.; Didache 4.1 tevknon mou, tou' lalou'ntov" soi to;n lovgon tou' qeou' mnhsqhvsh/ nukto;" kai; hJmevra", timhvsei" de; aujto;n wJ" kuvrion ....

Barn. Ep. 19.9 ajgaphvsei" wJ" kovrhn ojfqalmou' sou pavnta to;n lalou'ntav soi to;n lovgon kurivou . w|n ajnaq. th;n e[kb. th'" ajnastr. ] and considering with attentive survey again and again the issue of their life ... Vulg. quorum intuentes exitum conversationis. This last scene revealed the character of their ‘conversation’ before. Perhaps the writer had in his mind the words of the persecutors of the righteous man: Wisd. 2:17, i[dwmen eij oiJ lovgoi aujtou' ajlhqei'", kai; peiravswmen ta; ejn ejkbavsei aujtou' . The word e[kbasi" occurs in a different connexion 1 Cor. 10:13: compare e[xodo" Lk. 9:31; 2 Pet. 1:15. jAnastrofhv describes life under its moral aspect (comp. Heb. 13:18; 10:33) wrought out in intercourse with men. The image occurs in St Paul, St James, St Peter; compare peripatei'n in St John: 1 John 1:7 note.

For ajnaqewrei'n see Acts 17:23 (not in LXX.); Heb. 7:4 ( qewrei'te ). The reference here seems to be to some scene of martyrdom in which the triumph of faith was plainly shewn. Theodoret refers to St Stephen, St James the son of Zebedee, and St James the Just.
mimei'sqe t. p. ] imitate their faith. The spirit and not the form of their lives is proposed for imitation: the faith by which they were supported and not the special actions which the faith inspired in their circumstances.

Deivknusin o{ti pisteuvsante" bebaivw" toi'" mevllousi th;n ajrivsthn politeivan katwvrqwsan : ouj ga;r a]n ejpedeivxanto bivon kaqaro;n ei[ ge hjmfisbhvtoun peri; tw'n mellovntwn, ei[ ge ajmfevballon (Chrys.).

( b ) The rule and strength of Christian devotion (13:8-16). Having glanced at the former leaders of the Hebrew Church the Apostle goes on to shew that

( a ) Christ Himself is the sum of our religion: which is eternal, spiritual (13:8, 9); and that

( b ) He who is our sin-offering is also our continuous support (13:10-12); and that

( g ) He claims our devotion and our service (13:13-16). ( a ) 13:8, 9. The thought of the triumph of faith leads to the thought of


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