change of the word pgai/affraovv], but of the rising of Christ, Heb. vii. 14 [The Lord sprang out of Juda], as the verb avac- ojrfa/ is used in Acts xiii. 32, where see the note [cbaarjja'a; 'lytfotv — " quum suscitavit et nobis prcesentem exhibuit ;" adding that this absolute ' suscitatio' is distinct from the " suscitatio e mortuis"]. For avdaraag is not always put for the resurrection of the dead, Luke ii. 34 [avderaav ToXX^v sv rti 'i^a^X, the spiritual rising again, etc., not their actual resurrection], (vii. 16) ; Lam. iii. 63 ; Zeph. iii. 8 ; and truly the very rising or coming of the Messiah has its own power, on the knowledge of which believers depend; 2 Pet. i. 16. — T^V xoivuviav, the fellow ship) Gal. ii. 20. — sufAfAoppripsvoc, being conformed [" made conformable"]) The nominative case after the infinitive is fre quent with the Greeks, although here it may be construed with the following finite verb [xaravrfaoi]. Believers are conformed by faith. Imitation is not excluded, but most assuredly follows after [conformation by faith], Gal. iii. 1, note ; comp. <ru//,- ftoppoV) conformed) fashioned like, ver. 21.
11. E/Vw£, if by any means, in any way) This denotes the struggle of Paul's faith ; so, g/', if, ver. 12. — xaravr^w, / may attain) He gradually passes from the figure of loss and gain to that of a race. Karavrav is to come up to, the very act of attaining and gaining possession. — e%avd<fTaav lruv vsxpuv) i.e. avaffra&v (Xp/<rroD) ex, ruv vsxpZjv, the resurrection (of Christ) from the dead ; comp. Horn. i. 4, note [2 Tim. ii. 11] ; for the style of Paul ascribes avdffrativ to Christ ; sgavdffraav to Chris tians.2 But the resurrection of Christ and our resurrection are
1 Tyv I*, is read by ABD(A)j^r Vulg., Iren. 309, Lucif. 166. Tw ex, is read by G. T^y by Memph. and Rec. Text. — ED.
The Germ. Vers., following the decision of the 2d Ed., adopts the reading TJJP tx, MX/WIT, which was reckoned among those not to be approved in the larger Ed.— E. B.
2 This fact ought to have led Beng. to take dvotaroiffsaf above of the resurrection) not the mere appearing of Christ. The phrase, " power of His resurrection," expresses a parallel idea to Eph. i. 19, 20, "The ex ceeding greatness of His power to usward who believe, according to the working of His mighty power, which He wrought in Christ when He raised Him from the dead." Comp. Col. ii. 12, iii. 1 ; Rom. vi. 5. The same power is needed to quicken the soul as was needed to raise Jesus from the dead. To have that power (the Holy Spirit) in us, is a pledge of our