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that of the angels in human redemptive history. This contrast is connected by the form of its statement with ver. 5 (‘‘to which of the angels, etc.”). There it was the greater name that was in question, here it is the higher station and function. πρὸς τίνα δὲ κιτιλ. “But to which of the angels has He at any time said . . .?” implying that to the Son He has said it, as is proved by the citation from Ps. cx. On this psalm (see note on ver. 9). Séconnects thisver. with ver. 8, and stands in the third place as frequently in classics when a preposition begins the sentence (Herod., viii., 68, 2; Thuc., i., 6; Soph., Philoct., 764. See examples in Klotz’ Devarius, p. 379). κάθον ἐκ δεξιῶν μου, see ver. 3; ἐκ Sef. is not classical, but frequent in Hellenistic Greek, see re- ferences. ἕως ἂν θῶ. .. . "' Until Iset thine enemies as a footstool for thy feet.” ὑποπόδιον is a later Greek word used in LXX and N.T. The figure arose from the custom of conquerors referred to in Josh. x. 24. Here it points to the com- plete supremacy of Christ. This attained sovereignty is the gauge of the World’s consummation. The horizon of human historyis the perfected rule of Jesus Christ. It is the end for which all things are now making. Whereas the angels are but the agents whose instrumentality is used by God for the furtherance of this end. οὐχὶ πάντες εἰσὶ λειτουργικὰ πνεύματα. ... “Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to serve for the sake of those who are to obtain salvation?” They have no function of rule, but are cirected by a higher will to promote the interests of those who are to form Christ’s kingdom. This is true of all of them [πάντες] what- ever hierarchies there be among them. λειτουργικὰ; cf. ν. 5. λειτουργός
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