ἧς δούλου λαβών, ἐν 'ὁμοιώματι ἀνθρώπων γενόμενος " 8. καὶ " σχήματι εὑρεθεὶς ὡς ἄνθρωπος, " ἐταπείνωσεν ἑαυτόν, γενόμενος " ὑπήκοος
w Acts vii. 39; 2 Cor. ii. 9.
dental,” or, with Lft., to say that ἴσος would refer to the person. while ἴσα has in view the attributes. As a matter of fact the adverb ἴσα (neuter plural) is used in the most general sense, without any metaphysical subtleties, ¢.g., Job. xi. 12, ἄνθρωπος ἄλλως νήχεται λόγοις " βροτὸς δὲ γεννητὸς γυναικὸς ἴσα ὄνῳ ἐρημίτῃ; xxx. 19, ἥγησαι δέ pe ἴσα πηλῷ, ἐν γῇ καὶ σποδῷ pov ἡ μερίς. C/. Thuc., iii, 14, ἴσα καὶ ἱκέται ἐσμέν ; Soph., Οεά. R., 1188, ὑμᾶς ἴσα ηδὲν ζώσας ἐναριθμῶ, and elsewhere. hus no theological speculations can be based upon the word. Is τὸ « ἰ. Θ. equivalent to ἐν p. Θ.2 In spite of some Comm. there is absolutely nothing in the text to justify the supposition. Plainly ορφή has reference to mature; τὸ εἶναι on Θεῷ to arelation. In fact it is only a particular rendering of ἁρπαγμός which suggested their equivalence. A more important question 15 whether τὸ «. ἱ. ©. was possessed by Christ in virtue of His being ἐν pop. Θεοῦ. This will depend on the sense of ἁρπαγμός. It is generally admitted now that ἁρπαγμός may be re- arded as = aypa. (See esp. Zahn, uthardt’s Zettschr., 1885, ΡΡ. 244-249.) Cf. lit. = “the laying down,” “ ordaining " of a thing, which comes to mean “the thing laid down,” the ordinance or statute; ἱλασμός, lit. =a propitiating, appeasing, but usually the propitiatory offering, that by which propitiation is made (see Hatz., Einl., p. 180). Myr., Hfm., Beet and others wish to keep the active meaning, and translate, “ Did not consider the being on an equality with God as a means of robbing’. But it seems impossible to accept this sense when we have no hint of what is to be robbed. Lft., Hpt., Vince. and others, regarding ἁρπαγμός as = Serevent translate, ‘‘Did not look upon 15 equality with God as a prize to be clutched”. That is to say, τὸ « ἶ. Θ. is something which He already possessed and resolved not to cling to. But will ἁρπαγμός admit of this meaning? We cannot find any passage where ἁρπάζω or any of its derivatives has the sense of ‘holding in possession,” “ retaining". It seems invariably to mean “ seize,” “‘ snatch violently’’, Thus it is not per- missible to glide from the true sense “ grasp αἵ into one which is totally dif-