light obscures the less. — ro bsbo%a<ffievoV) that which was glorified) So LXX., Ex. xxxiv. 29, 35, pp, bsboPuffrai.
11. A/a bogqg' ev bo%r), marked hy glory ; in glory ) The particles are properly varied [the distinction is lost in Engl. Vers., glorious — glorious~\. Supply is. — ro fievov, that which remains') The bia- novta, ministry , itself, does not remain any more than whatever is in part [as for instance, knowledge ], 1 Cor. xiii. 10 ; but the Spirit, righteousness, life remain ; therefore the neuter gender is used.
12. ’e Xrr/ba, hope) He spoke of trust , ver. 4 ; he now speaks of hope , as he glances at that which remaineth , ver. 11. — Kappriff/q) a plain and open manner of dealing.
13. Ka / ou, and not) supply we are , or ice do. — xdXvfx/xa, a veil) so LXX., Exod. xxxiv. 33. — rrpog ro fi>r\) rrpog [ according as. because that ] denotes congruity. Comp. Matt. xix. 8 : [npog ryv GxXYjpoxupbluV) by reason of because of the hardness of heart, by reason of the fact] : for ro qri drsviaouy the not being able to look stedfastly , took place before the veil was put on, but subsequent to the splendour of Moses [“ the glory of his countenance”], ver. 7 : wherefore, there, ilxrrs is used [because their not being able to look stedfastly at him was subsequent to and the conse- quence of his glory.] What is affirmed of Moses is wholly denied by Paul respecting the ministers of the New Testament, namely, the putting on of a veil , lest the Israelites should look upon them. Often something is inserted in the protasis, which in the proper application is intended to belong to the apodosis. So in ver. 7 we have ojffrs fiy bvvaffQut anvlffou ; here, rrpbg ro /uri urev/aou. Here to wit the act is denied, not the power. The power was wanting to all [the Israelites] in the case of Moses ; to some [viz. to them that are lost, iv. 3] in the case of the apostles. — sig ro rsXog rov xocrctpyovfjj'svov , to the end of that which is abolished) Paul turns the words to an allegory. That, which is abolished , has its end in Christ, ver. 14, at the end : Pom. x. 4, the law tends to and is terminated in Him, [Christ].
14. ’AXX’ errupuQr), but were hardened) but is opposed to the phrase to look stedfastly. — ro ai/ro) the same , as in the time of Moses. — ecr/', upon) i.e. when they read , and although they read. — avayvw/rg/, reading) public, frequent, perpetual. Paul makes a