2. ' Apopuvreg) aero denotes afar, as in a-rs/SXg'Tre, ch. xi. 26. He, says the apostle, sits at the right hand of the throne of GOD. — stg rbv r^c, vitfrsuc ap^yov xal rsXtiuTqv, to the prince and finisher of our faith) By this appellation Jesus is distinguished from all those who are enumerated in ch. xi. He Himself is the only matchless example, the only rule and standard of our faith. He is called the Prince and Finisher of faith, because He Himself showed faith in the Father from the beginning to the end: ch. ii. 13. Our faith, first and last, has respect to Him : it is drawn from Him to its necessary consequence (following Him), and is confirmed: believers, from the first to the last, have looked and still look to Him: ch. xi. 26, xiii. 8. — avri, for) The faith of Jesus is hereby denoted. For the joy set before Him, namely, that joy which He was presently to experience, Acts ii. 28. With
equal willingness, He meanwhile endured the cross. [
For the joy, i.e. that He might obtain the joy. — V. g.] Christ had not such a mind as that the cross should not seem to be a matter of joy ; comp. ver. 11. Thus vpoxs/psvov and vpoxeipsvys correspond to one another. — sravpbv, the cross) Now at last, Paul, after he had strengthened the faith of those to whom he is writ ing, expresses the name of the cross, which was hateful to many. — aiti'/vvYis, the shame) which was very great in connection with the cross. Comp. xiii. 13 ; 1 Pet. ii. 24, note ; Matt, xxvii. 35. — KarappovTjffas, despising) although it was a source of pain and grief: Ps. Ixix. 20, 21. — sv dsfya re, and at the right hand) after He was made perfect. At that Right hand there is joy, Ps. xvi. 11, and glory. Joy and the cross are opposed to each other, and so also are ignominy (" the shame ") and sitting at the right hand of the throne of GOD.
3. ' AvaXoyiffaaQe) consider, by instituting a comparison. The Lord has suffered so much ; how much more should His servants encounter some suffering ? It is, so to speak, a modal expres sion (an appeal to their feeling) ; for it very rarely happens that yap is added to the imperative ; — it is the same as if he had said : for the Lord has endured so great contradiction, and you ought to remember it. The force of the ^Etiology (assigning of the reason by yap) falls upon the other verb, which is put beside it ; comp. u<To//,£//,£v»jxoYa, here, and also Ini^tm, ver. 2. — ucri ruv
by sinners) It is said of us, against sin, ver. 4 : comp.