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Cor. 10:17-21; 2 Cor. 6:14; Prov. 1:11, 18. Comp. Heb. 3:1. ai{m. kai; s. ] The same order occurs in Eph. 6:12. Stress is laid on that element which is the symbol of life as subject to corruption (contrast Luke 24:39). The common order ( sa;rx kai; ai|ma ) is undisturbed in Matt. 16:17; 1 Cor. 15:50; Gal. 1:16.
paraplhsivw" ] Vulg. similiter (which is also used for oJmoivw" Heb. 9:21). The word occurs here only in the N. T. (cf. Phil. 2:27); and it is not found in the LXX. JOmoivw" seems to express conformity to a common type: paraplhsivw" the direct comparison between the two objects. In oJmoivw" the resemblance is qualitative ( similiter ): in paraplhsivw" both qualitative and quantitative ( pariter ). The two words are not unfrequently joined together:
e.g., Dem.
Ol. 3.27 (p. 36 A). T HE F ATHERS INSIST ON THE WORD AS MARKING THE REALITY OF THE L ORD ' S MANHOOD : SFOVDRA DE AJNAGKAIVW " KAI TO PARAPLHSIVW " TEVQEIKEN INA THN TH '" FANTASIVA " DIELEVGXH SUKOFANTIVAN
(T HEOD .); OUJ FANTASIVA OUJDE EIJKOVNI AJLLJ AJLHQEIVA (C HRYS .). C OMP . P HIL . 2:7 EJN OMOIWVMATI AJNQRWVPWN GENOVMENO " . R OM . 8:3 EJN OMOIWVMATI SARKO ;" AMARTIVA " .

METEVSCEN ] C ONTRAST H EB . 7:13 FULH '" ETEVRA " METEVSCHKEN . T HE CONNEXION WITH HUMANITY REMAINS : THE CONNEXION WITH HUMANITY UNDER THE CONDITION OF TRANSITORINESS ( AIMA ) WAS HISTORICAL .

DIA TOU QANAVTOU ] BY DEATH , NOT BY H IS DEATH , THOUGH THIS APPLICATION IS NECESSARILY INCLUDED . D EATH THAT IS TRULY DEATH (1 J OHN 3:14), WHICH WAS THE UTMOST EFFECT OF S ATAN ' S POWER , BECAME THE INSTRUMENT OF HIS DEFEAT : NON QUAESIVIT ALIA ARMA QUIBUS PUGNARET CONTRA MORTIS AUCTOREM , NISI IPSAM MORTEM (H ERV .). C HRIST BY THE OFFERING OF H IMSELF (H EB . 9:15, 28) MADE A PERFECT ATONEMENT FOR SIN AND SO BROUGHT TO NOUGHT THE POWER OF THE DEVIL . C OMP . J OHN 12:31; C OL . 2:15.

I T IS NOT SAID HERE THAT HE BROUGHT TO NOUGHT DEATH ’ ( YET SEE 2 T IM . 1:10). T HAT END IN THE FULL SENSE IS STILL TO COME (1 C OR . 15:26); AND IT IS REACHED BY THE POWER OF THE LIFE OF C HRIST (1 C OR . 15:54 FF .).

KATARGHVSH ] T HE WORD IS FOUND IN THE N. T. ELSEWHERE ONLY IN S T P AUL ( TWENTY - FIVE TIMES AND IN EACH GROUP OF HIS EPISTLES ) AND IN L UKE 13:7. C OMP . 2 T IM . 1:10; 1 C OR . 15:26; B ARN . 5.6).

C HRYSOST . EJNTAUQA TO QAUMASTON DEIVKNUSIN , OTI DIJ OU EJKRAVTHSEN O DIAVBOLO " DIA TOUVTOU HTTHVQH .

TON TO KR . EC . T . Q . ] L ATT . QUI HABEBAT MORTIS IMPERIUM . T HE PHRASE MAY MEAN THAT HAD OR THAT HATH . I N ONE SENSE THE POWER IS PAST : IN ANOTHER IT CONTINUES . C OMP . W ISD . 2:24.

T HE DEVIL , AS THE AUTHOR OF SIN , HAS THE POWER OVER DEATH ITS CONSEQUENCE (R OM . 5:12), NOT AS THOUGH HE COULD INFLICT IT AT HIS PLEASURE ; BUT DEATH IS HIS REALM : HE MAKES IT SUBSERVIENT TO HIS END . C OMP . J OHN 8:44; 1 J OHN 3:12; J OHN 16:11; 14:30 ( PRINCE OF THE WORLD ). D EATH AS DEATH IS NO PART OF THE DIVINE ORDER .

OE CUM . PW '" ARCEI QANAVTOU ; OTI TH '" AMARTIVA " ARCWN EJX H |" O QAVNATO ", KAI TOU QANAVTOU ARCEI , HGOUN KRAVTO " QANAVTOU H AMARTIVA .

TON DIAVBOLON ] T HE TITLE IS FOUND IN S T P AUL ONLY IN E PH . AND P AST . E PP . T HE TITLE O S ATANA '" IS NOT FOUND IN THIS E PISTLE .

H EB . 2:15. T HE OVERTHROW OF THE DEVIL INVOLVED THE DELIVERANCE OF MEN FROM HIS POWER .

AJPALLAVXH ] L ATT LIBERARET . T HE WORD IS USED ABSOLUTELY (‘ SET FREE ’),


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