concerning Christ the prophet, the king, the priest : concerning Him as the prophet, for it is said, He hath spoken, ver. 2 : con cerning Him as king, for it is said, Thy throne, ver. 8 : concern ing Him as priest, for it is said, He hath made purification, ver. 3. And so ch. ii., concerning Him as prophet, presently in ver. 1, etc. : concerning Him as king, Thou hast crowned, ver. 7 : con cerning Him as priest, everywhere. The exhortation begins in the first person; then becomes stronger in the second, ch. iii. 1. — vsptfffforepus, the more abundantly) The comparative in the strict sense ; comp. the following verses : it is construed with 6s?, it behoves. — ^poff's^stv, to attend, to give heed) by obedience ; comp. ver. 2, note. — roTg axouffOsfa, to the things which we have heard) The reference is to ch. i. 1, at the end : and comp. below ver. 3, ch. v. 11. The part (office) of speaking and hearing is, there fore, superior to that of writing and reading. — f&vjirore vapappvufisv) 2d Aorist pass, with an act. signification, from psvu, I flow, and / pour out: lest at any time, he says, we should [let them slip, Engl. Vers.] flow past (them) ; i.e. allow them to flow away with ex treme levity of mind ; comp. Gen. xlix. 4. The apostle had respect to the LXX., Prov. iii. 21, vis, ^ Kapappurts, do not flow or slip by them, my son, let them not depart from thine eyes ; where also, ver. 20, we read, v'stpq eppvq fyoau, the clouds dropped with dew, in an active sense ; and so everywhere. Zosimus, 1. 2 : j) 'Pupaiuv ap^r, vKsppuq Kara, (Spa^v, the empire of the Romans gradually failed. Greg. : iva w s^irn^a rti xpovu ysvv\rai ra xa^oc KO.I py wapappuri, that what is beautiful should not be effaced by time and should not slip away. This word frequently occurs in a metaphorical sense. Hesychius : Kapappuupsv, igoX/dtfw^iv. The punishment of the slothful is expressed by a similar word, erdxTjffuv, they wasted away, or were consumed, Wisd. i. 16. The word stands : the slothful man slips away.
2. A/' ayy&Xw, by angels) A/a, by, is taken in the strict sense, as in the following verse, comparing the words of Paul, Gal. iii. 19. Otherwise the apostle's argument from angels to the Lord would not hold good, ver. 5. GOD therefore spoke by angels, Ex. xx. 1, [in such a way, however, as that it was the very sound of GOD'S voice, xii. 26. — V. g.] In the New Testa ment God spoke by the Lord. — ey'svsro (3's(3aio$, was made sted- fast) its authority being established by the penalties incurred