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AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE F ATHER . T HIS IDEA IS CONVEYED BY THE OPENING WORDS OF P S . 110 AND IS SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE N EW T ESTAMENT : M ATT . 22:23 FF . AND PARALLELS ; A CTS 2:34 F . S EE ALSO H EB . 10:13; 1 C OR . 15:25; 1 P ET . 3:22. T HE P SALM (P S . 110) IS QUOTED AGAIN H EB . 5:6; 7:17, 21.

13 B UT OF WHICH OF THE ANGELS HATH H E SAID AT ANY TIME

S IT ON M Y RIGHT HAND , U NTIL I MAKE T HINE ENEMIES THE FOOTSTOOL OF T HY FEET ?

14 A RE THEY NOT ALL MINISTERING SPIRITS SENT FORTH UNTO SERVICE FOR THE SAKE OF THEM THAT SHALL INHERIT SALVATION ?

H EB . 1:13. PRO ;" TIVNA DEV ...] B UT OF WHICH ... T HE WRITER APPEARS TO TURN ASIDE FROM THE CONTEMPLATION OF THE UNCHANGEABLENESS OF G OD SEEN IN THE P ERSON OF C HRIST TO THE THOUGHT OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL WROUGHT OUT IN TIME . H ERE ALSO THE SUPREME EMINENCE OF THE S ON IS CONSPICUOUS . T HE LANGUAGE USED OF H IM HAS BEEN USED OF NO ANGEL . H E SERENELY WAITS FOR A SURE AND ABSOLUTE VICTORY WHILE THEY ARE BUSIED WITH MINISTERIAL OFFICES . F OR PROV " SEE H EB . 1:7 NOTE . T HE CONTRAST BETWEEN TIVNI EIPEVN POTE ( V . 5) AND PRO ;" TIVNA EIRHKEVN POTE IS FULL OF MEANING .

EIRHKEN ] S EE H EB . 4:3; 10:9 NOTES .

KAVQOU ...] T HE VERB MARKS THE CONTINUANCE OF THE S ESSION AS DISTINGUISHED FROM THE ASSUMPTION OF THE PLACE ( V . 3 EJKAVQISEN ). C OMP . L UKE 22:69. F OR THE IMAGE SEE Z ECH . 6:13; Scho1ttgen ON M ATT . 22:44.

EJK DEXIWN ] T HIS PHRASE , WHICH IS WITH ONE EXCEPTION (M ARK 16:5 EJN TOI '" DEX . ) THE UNIFORM PHRASE IN THE S YNOPTISTS , IS USED TWICE ONLY IN THIS E PISTLE . E LSEWHERE 1:3; 8:1 ( NOTE ); 10:12; 12:2 EJN DEXIA IS WRITTEN BY THE AUTHOR HIMSELF .

EW " AN QW ] C OMPARE 1 C OR . 15:28. O UR POWERS ARE INADEQUATE TO REALISE THAT END .

UPOPOVDION TWN P . ] C OMPARE J OSH . 10:24 F . H EB . 1:14. OUJCIV ] H EB . 3:17. F OR THE INTERROGATIVE FORM SEE 1:5 NOTE . PAVNTE " ] W HATEVER DIFFERENCES OF RANK AND DIGNITY THERE MAY BE AMONG THEM , ALL ARE ALIKE IN THIS .

LEITOURGIKA PN . ] V ULG . ADMINISTRATORII SPIRITUS , TR EV; H YKEALM ( B ER . R.

8). T HE WORD OCCURS HERE ONLY IN N.T. C OMP . P HILO , DE CARIT . § 3 (2.387 M.) AGGELOI LEITOURGOIV . DE GIG . § 3 (1.264 M.).

EIJ " DIAK . AJPOST .] SENT FORTH FOR MINISTRY AS EACH OCCASION ARISES (O LD L AT . QUI MITTUNTUR . V ULG . MISSI ). C ONTRAST 1 P ET . 1:12 ( AJPOSTALEVNTI ). T HE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GENERAL OFFICE OF THE ANGELS AS SPIRITS CHARGED WITH A SOCIAL MINISTRY (H EB . 1:7 LEITOURGOUV " ), AND THE PARTICULAR SERVICES (H EB . 6:10 DIAKONOUNTE " ) IN WHICH IT IS FULFILLED , IS CLEARLY MARKED .

H ERVEIUS ( AND SO P RIMASIUS ) SHEWS HOW THE ANGELS , EVEN ON THEIR MISSIONS , REMAIN IN THE PRESENCE OF G OD :

M ITTUNTUR IGITUR ET ASSISTUNT , QUIA ETSI CIRCUMSCRIPTUS SIT ANGELICUS SPIRITUS , SUMMUS TAMEN SPIRITUS IPSE QUI D EUS EST CIRCUMSCRIPTUS NON EST . A NGELI ITAQUE ET MISSI ANTE IPSUM SUNT QUIA QUOLIBET MISSI VENIANT INTRA IPSUM CURRUNT .

DIA TOU ;" M . KL . S .] T HE SERVICE IS RENDERED TO G OD FOR THE SAKE OF BELIEVERS . T HE USE OF DIAV ( ACCUS .) INSTEAD OF UPEVR INDICATES A WIDER RELATION . C OMPARE H EB . 6:7 AND CONTRAST 6:20. T HE DIFFERENCE OF IDEA IS SEEN IN C OL . 4:3 COMPARED WITH E PH . 6:20.


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