surrection due to the exceeding greatness of the power of God.
According to the working of his mighty power, κατὰ τὴν ἐνέργειαν τοῦ κράτους τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ. The original here offers a remarkable accumulation of words.—‘ According to the energy of the might of his power.’ ᾿Ισχύς, κράτος, ἐνέργεια ; Robur, Potentia, Eficacia. The first is inherent strength; the second power; the third the exercise or efliciency of that strength. Or, as Calvin says, The first is the root, the second the tree, the third the fruit. Whatever be the precise distinction in the signification of the words, their accumulation expresses the highest form of power. It was nothing short of the omnipotence of God to which the effect here spoken of is due. No created power ean raise the dead, or quicken those dead in trespasses and sins.
The connection of this clause is somewhat doubtful, It may be referred to the words exceeding greatness of his power, i.e. κατὰ ἐνέργειαν may be referred to τὸ ὑπερ- βάλλον μέγεθος, etd. The sense would then be—That ye may know the exceeding greatness of his power, to us-ward that believe, which was, according to, or like, the working of his mighty power which wrought in Christ.’ Or, πιστεύοντας κατὰ ἐνέργειαν may be con- nected, ‘Who believe in virtue of the working of his mighty power.’ In the one case this clause is a mere illustration or amplification of the idea of the divine power of which believers are the subject. In the other, it expresses more definitely the reason why the power