the world to come, ver. 5. Often yap, for, is useful for the ^Etiology of [assigning a reason for] what is said; ch. vii. 14, ix. 24 ; and so Paul, Rom. iii. 28. — avrti, avrp) under Him, under Him, the man of whom he is speaking, the Son of Man. This is explained in the middle of ver. 9, concerning Jesus, the application to Him having been most suitably put off till that place. — rot, -ravra) ra in the second and third place has the force of a relative to the -rccvra, all things, which precedes. The same force of the article may be found at John xix. 5, 7 ; Gal. v. 13, vi. 14. — ovdsv, nothing) not even angels ; ver. 5, ch. i. 6. — affixsv, left) in the language of the psalm, to which the events partly correspond, partly will correspond. — vw ds O'UKU, but now not yet) NDv, now, serves the purpose of an Anthypophora ;l for the time is denoted in ovvu, not yet, and the latter is construed with opupsv, we see, in antithesis to the present fiXsvofttv, we per ceive.2 More things are already subjected to Christ than we see ; and all things will be entirely subjected to Him at the proper time, and we shall behold it; Eph. L 22 ; 1 Cor. xv. 27, 28. But why not yet all things ? Because both His body, the Church, is in distress, and He Himself is not acknowledged, at least is not seen. The verb /3Xs7rw, / look, I perceive, denotes something more definite ; fydu, I see, something more extensive and more august. 9. As, but) The antithesis is between that in the psalm, which we do not yet see, and that which we already perceive fulfilled in Jesus. But what do we perceive I We perceive, as regards Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, that He, on account of the suffering of death, has been crowned with glory and honour. In this paragraph, qXarrupsvov (&A — etfnpavufttvov) fa u$, x.r.x., is a Chiasmus, such as Paul has, Gal. iv. 4, 5 : and in the present clause, 5/a, x.r.X. (which clause requires no point before 3d£»j), that for (on account of) which Jesus was crowned, namely, the suffering of deatJi, is mentioned according to the natural order of the subject, and not without emphasis, before
1 Part of a refutation of an objection that might be made by anticipation. Append.
2 BxsVg/i/, to look, to use the eyes, whether seeing something or not. 'Qpoiv, to see something; and is never used absolutely. Thus the Greeks never used opciv, but always /3AgVg/j>, of the situation of a region. Tiltm. Syn.— ED.