forerunner has those who follow him. He is elsewhere called the first, the first fruits, the first-begotten. — Kara., according to) is put at the beginning of the clause for the sake of emphasis.
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1. Ovrog) The subject, namely, This man, who is mentioned ch. vi. 20 from the psalm, and the same who is mentioned in Genesis. The Predicate is, ver. 3, dvdrup — g/'g rb diqvsxeg, without father — for ever. The summary of this chapter is : Christ, as is shown by the type Melchisedec, who was greater than Abraham himself, from whom Levi is descended, has a priesthood truly excellent, new, perfect, stedfast, everlasting. — /3a<r/Agi)£ — iepevsj king — priest] Christ is also both. — hpsi/s rou &sou v^tffrou) So the LXX., Gen. xiv. 18 ; that is, Priest of the Most High GOD. — 6 tiwavrqtfag ' A(3p<xd/A vffotfrpepovn aero r5jg xocojg) The LXX., ibid. ver. 17, J^3jA0g de fiaffiXzvs "Sodoftuv sis GvvdvTTjGiv avrw {Atra, TO vwoffTpt-^ai avrov ana ryjg xoKqs, x.r.A. In the Ordo Temporum, p. 176, I have taken rqv KO^V, in the strict sense, for the slaughter and destruction of the kings ; but the meaning, flight, is also one consistent with the word iron (LXX. xovf), Gen. xiv. 17 ; comp. ver. 15. Therefore this passage does not prevent us from be lieving that Arioch, king of Ellasar, lived and reigned after the disaster. There I did not venture to affirm that Arioch is the same as Arius, and I am less disposed to do so now. To such a degree is the antiquity of the Assyrians uncertain abroad, which L. Offerhaus speciously discusses in the second book of his Spicilegia. — svXoyqtfai) LXX. euXdyjjtfg.
2. Afxar^jv aero cravrwi* — 4. sSuxev) LXX. eduxsv avry dsxdrqv d'ffb iravruv. — trpurov, first) from his own name : eveira, then, from the name of the place. There are often mysteries even in the proper names of men and places. — dixaioffvvqc' eipqvije) So righteous ness and peace are often mentioned together by Paul, Rom. v. 1. — ds Kai) viz. &v : for 6' sffri corresponds to sp/M^vsvo^&vos.
3. ' Airdrup, d{A7irup,d'y£vea.X6'yv)rog, without father, without mother, ivithout genealogy [descent]) The parents, ancestors, children,