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In his times (καιροῖς ἰδίοις)
Better, his own seasons, or its own seasons. Either the seasons proper to the appearing, or the seasons which God shall see fit to select. See on 1Ti 2:6.
Potentate (δυνάστης)
Only here of God. Very often in lxx. See Sir. 46:5; 2 Macc. 12:15, etc. In Class. applied to Zeus (Soph. Antig. 608). In Aesch. Agam. 6, the stars are called λαμπροὶ δυνάσται bright rulers, as the regulators of the seasons.
Of kings (τῶν βασιλευόντων)
Lit. of those who rule as kings. Only here for the noun, βασιλέων. Βασιλεὺς βσιλέων king of kings, Rev 17:14; Rev 19:16.
Of lords (κυριευόντων)
Lit. of those who Lord it. Only here for the noun κυρίων. See κύριος κυρίων Lord of lords, Rev 19:16; comp. lxx, Deu 10:17; Psa 135:3. Probably liturgical.