archangel. See 1Th_4:16. No other angel bears this title.
contending. App-122.
disputed. Greek. dialegomai. See Act_17:2.
about. App-104.
Moses. The seventy-ninth occurance of the name. See Mat_8:4. This disputemust have taken place after the death of Moses and his burial by Jehovah, for "death reigned from Adam to (until) Moses" (Rom_5:14). The devilclaimed Moses for the death-state, but God raised him as representative ofthose hereafter to be raised, as Elijah of those to be caught up withoutdying.
bring against. Greek. epiphero. See Act_19:12.
railing accusation. Literally judgment (App-177.) of railing (Greek. blasphemia).