their declarations on this point to prove that what he taught was in accordance with the Old Testament; see Rom. 9, 25-33. The emphasis must, therefore, be laid on the word as. This doctrine was not formerly re- vealed as, i. e. not so fully or so clearly as under the Gospel.
The common text reads ἐν ἑτέραις γενεαῖς, im other generations. But most editors, on the authority of the older MSS., omit the preposition. Still the great ma- jority of commentators interpret the above phrase as determining the time, and render it, during other ages. To this, however, it is objected that yeved never means, an age in the sense of period of time, but always a generation, the men of any age, those living in any one period. If this objection is valid yeveats must be taken as the simple dative, and υἱοῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων be regarded as explanatory. The passage would then read, ‘‘ Which was not made known to other genera- tions, i.e. to the sons of men,” &c. But in Acts 14, 16. 15, 21, and especially in Col. 1, 26 (ἀπὸ τῶν αἰώνων Kal ἀπὸ τῶν γενεῶν), γενεά is most naturally taken in the sense of age, or period of duration. In the same sense it is used in the Septuagint, Ps. 72, 5. 102, 25. Is; 51,8.
As it is now revealed to his holy apostles and to the prophets by the Spirit, ὡς viv ἀποκαλύφθη .. .. ἐν πνεύματι. The apostles and prophets of the new dis- pensation were the only classes of inspired men; the former being the permanent, the latter the occasional organs of the Spirit. They therefore were the only