on the part of those who were guilty of its violation. — every) without respect of persons. — Kapa[3aff/g %ai vapdpaaig, transgression, by doing evil : Kapanori, disobedience, by neglecting to do good. The Metonymy of the abstract for the concrete, viz. for the transgressor and disobedient, who properly receive the recompense of reward. The antithesis in the concrete is, ice neglecting [if we neglect], ver. 3 ; the antithesis to which in the abstract is, ver. 1, vpoffs^tiv TO?$ axovg- Oetirij to give heed to those things which have been heard. As?" has the accusative with the infinitive. Thence the sentiment : We (the subject) ought to give heed to those things wliicli are heard (the predicate). This predicate has the antithesis in the abstract. — sXafisv, received) not only in the sanction, but in the execution.
3. n£»£ ri&t'ic, t-Apsv^uzQa) how shall we escape the just and severe retribution ? So xii. 25, They did not escape ; (therefore) we shall not escape. — ffurqpiag) salvation, in the world to come, joined with glory, ver. 5, 10, notes. The term salvation, which is repeated in the tenth verse, is akin to the name Jesus, which resounds in the gospel of salvation. — upx?^, beginning) Formerly there had not been preached so great a salvation, and by so august an interpreter [exponent or mediator of it]. — XaXe^a/, to be spoken) from His baptism up to His ascension, Acts i. 2. — dia rov Kvptov, by the Lord) A majestic appellation; comp. eh. iii. 4, and the following verses ; Ps. ex. 1. He does not say here, by our Lord ; for he intimates that He is also Lord of the angels, whom the angels themselves call Lord : Luke ii. 11 ; Matt, xxviii. 6. [Whatever is mentioned, ch. i., and after wards, ver. 7-10, is included in this appellation. — V. g.] The antithesis is, by angels, ver. 2. Comp. ver. 5, and the following. — VTTO r&v axoutfdvTMv) by those ivho had heard it face to face from the Lord Himself. They also had been eye-witnesses and ministers, Luke i. 2 : but the apostle mentions their having heard Him here, agreeably to what he began with, ver. 1, 2. The apostle has regard not only to the evangelical history in general, but even to particular heads of it, for example, that concerning the supplication in the garden, etc., ch. v. 1, note. Paul, writing to the churches of the Gentiles generally, speaks much of his calling, and of the fruits of his labour ; but here, when he writes to the brethren of the circumcision, he most