as if it could scarcely be so. — 5j, or) Dltf p, the son of man, in this passage, conveys the notion of something more insignificant than D1X, man. — viog avtydvou) D1K p, comp. Ps. xlix. 3.1 Again without the article. — lieuti&Krv) avrbv, takest account of him, visitest him) An increase in the force of the expression ; for remem brance refers even to the absent; Iflvtfxwrrwda/, to visit or look after, denotes the care of one present.
7. ~Bpa%v n, a very short time) The same word occurs at Luke xxii. 58. — vap d/ygAou?) In Ps. viii. 6, the Hebrew DVD imDnrn DTitaft has this meaning : Thou hast made the Son of Man to be a little less than God, that is, than Himself. The beautiful para phrase of Christopher Corner is as follows : Christ having become man, humbled Himself under the cross, and abased Himself BELOW GOD, when the Divine nature remaining quiescent, and not exerting its power, God Himself and the Lord of Glory was crucified and put to death. — Expos. Psalm, p. 24. This is the force of Mem prefixed, 2 Chron. xv. 16 ; Is. lii. 14. See Nold. Concord, on this particle, § 21. Mem following "lono itself, Eccl. iv. 8. This mode of expression we find in another of Paul's phrases : ^ c8v JffaQiti and %evu<fa$ gaurov ; Phil. ii. 6, 7, note. But Paul retains the interpretation of the LXX interpreters as suited to his purpose ; for the homonymy2 of the Hebrew word DTPK signifies an invisible nature, and therefore, whether angelic or divine, superior to the human nature ; and Pie, who was made lower than the angels, was certainly made lower than GOD : but He as it were anew supplies the appellation, GOD, in ch. iii. 4. For so the apostle is accustomed to use appropriately to his purpose the words of the LXX interpreters, and to bring before the reader anew the force of the Hebrew words, when they are more to his purpose ; ch. x. 8, xii. 6, notes.
38. udvra vveragas) See 1 Cor. xv. 27, and what goes before with the annot. — yup, for) The apostle shows the reason ivhy he quoted this passage, namely, because we are taught in it that it was Jesus to whom all things wrere subjected, and therefore
1 See the Hebrew ni*c *». Also Ps. cxliv. 3. — ED.
2 Things differing in nature called by one name by analogy. Append. —ED.
3 Tx spyx ruv xtipav aw, the works of Thy hands') The sun, moon, stars, etc., Ps. viii. 4. — V. g.