strued with Xp/<rroD, it would be in this form : a-JroD TOT1 X?/<rroD 'i«j<roif, as we read avrbg 6 'IWCCWTJC, x.r.X., with the article,2 Matt, iii. 4 ; Mark vi. 17 ; Luke iii. 23, xxiv. 15, 36 ; John ii. 24, iv. 44 ; 2 Cor. xi. 14.
21. 'Ev w, in whom) In Christ. This, by Anaphora [repetition to mark beginnings], is repeated in the following verse. — mvap- poXo'yovfAsvr) au%ei, fitly framed together, groweth) Words that have relation to a living mass, ch. iii. 18, note ; and 1 Pet. ii. 5. So ffvyap/AoXoyov/Asvov, fitly joined together, ch. iv. 16.3 So the branch and the house are combined, Zech. vi. 12. — i/aov, a temple) It is a house, and that too a holy house, to which the temple of Diana of Ephesus must yield. — ay/ov, holy) i.e. of God, ver 22 [which answers to d-yiov, ver. 21]. — sv Kvpiu, in the Lord) in Christ. To this expression [ver. 21], the words, [through or] in the Spirit, correspond in ver. 22. So also ch. iii. 17, 16.
1. Touroy %«^/f) for this cause. This subject is resumed at ver. 14. \_Such is the rich abundance of the apostolic spirit. — V. g.] — o dsff'juoi) The ambassador, and he too bound [a pri soner]. — v*ip bftuv, for you) The persecutors were incensed against Paul's zeal in behalf of the Gentiles, so that they imprisoned him ; and his very bonds were profitable to the Gentiles, ver. 13 ; 2 Tim. ii. 10. — r£v tfo&^for the Gentiles) This is explained in the following verses.
2. E/'/s ?jxoi<rars, since4 indeed ye have heard) The things which
1 Whether the reading 'X.pttrrov ' Ijjo-ov or ' Iww XJB/OTOV should be preferred is left doubtful on the marg. of both Ed. The Germ. Vers. separates 'I*j«roy by a parenthesis. — E. B.
2 AB Vulg. Memph. Orig. read the order Xptaroi 'IwoD. But D(A)G^ and Rec. Text have 'I>?ffoy X/5/<rroy. (Ace. to Lachm., C supports the former order. Ace. to Tischend., C supports the latter.) — ED.
3 It occurs nowhere else in New Test. The two images here are com bined of a building and of a living growing organism. — ED.
4 Or if: but the Indie, favours since — ED.