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which the quotation from Ps. 2:7 is given in Heb. 5:5 suggests the thought that the writer may have had in mind the divine voice at that time (comp. 1:5 note; 5:5). The emphatic assertion of the fact that the Lord was tempted and suffered (2:18; 4:15) probably presupposes a knowledge of the critical Temptation before His public ministry. The proclamation of the Gospel ‘through the Lord in whom God spake’ (1:2) is specially noticed (2:3), but nothing is said of His works. There can be no doubt that the description of the ‘prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears’ (5:7) includes a reference to the Agony, though it may point also to other moments of peculiar trial. The reality (2:14) and the voluntariness (9:14; comp. 13:26) of the Lord's death are marked. He endured a cross (12:2; comp. 6:6). He suffered ‘without the gate’ (13:12; comp. John 19:17); and perhaps from among the details of the Passion, there is an allusion to the rending of the veil of the Temple in Heb. 10:20. Afterwards God ‘brought Him back from the dead’ (13:20); and He has ascended (6:20; comp. 9:12, 24), and passed through the heavens (4:14; comp. 6:20), and taken His seat on the Right hand of God (1:3; 4:14; 8:1; 10:12); and now believers look for His Return (9:28; comp. 1:6). The mention of ‘the Spirit of grace’ after the ‘Blood of the Covenant’ in 10:29 may point to the gift at Pentecost. From first to last through every vicissitude of life the Lord remained absolutely faithful to God in the administration of the Divine Economy (3:2 ff.), and sinless (7:26).

Additional Note on Hebrews 13:21. On the Apostolic Doxologies.

The Doxologies in the N. T. form an interesting study. They are found in each group of the Epistles and in the Apocalypse, and corresponding forms occur in the Synoptic Gospels.

The following table shews the general symmetry of their form:

(1). Gal 1:5 w|/ [ tw'/ qew'/ kai; patri; hJmw'n ] hJ dovxa
eij" tou;" aijw'na" tw'n aijwvnwn: ajmhvn
. (2). Rom 11:36 aujtw'/ [ tiv" e[gnw nou'n kurivou ...... o{ti ejx aujtou' kai; dij
aujtou' kai; eij" aujto;n ta; pavnta
]


hJ dovxa
eij" tou;" aijw'na": ajmhvn
. (3). Rom 16:27 movnw/ sofw'/ qew'/
dia; jIhsou' Cristou'
[ w|/ ]
hJ dovxa
eij" tou;" aijw'na": ajmhvn
. (4). Phil 4:20 tw'/ qew'/ kai; patri; hJmw'n
hJ dovxa
eij" tou;" aijw'na" tw'n aijwvnwn: ajmhvn
. (5). Eph 3:21 aujtw'/ [ tw'/ dunamevnw/ uJpe;r pavnta poih'sai ...]
hJ dovxa
ejn th'/ ejkklhsiva/ kai; ejn Cristw'/ jIhsou'
eij" pavsa" ta;" genea;" tou' aijw'no" tw'n aijwvnwn: ajmhvn
. (6). 1 Tim 1:17 tw'/ basilei' tw'n aijwvnwn ... movnw/ qew'/
timh; kai; dovxa
eij" tou;" aijw'na" tw'n aijwvnwn: ajmhvn
. (7). 1 Tim 6:16 w|/ [ tw'/ makarivw/ kai; movnw/ dunavsth/ ...]


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