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The Prince of life (ἀρχηγὸν τῆς ζωῆς)
The Greek brings out by the position of these words what Bengel calls “the magnificent antithesis” between a murderer and the Prince of life. “Ye demanded a murderer, but the Prince of life ye killed.” This is the only place where the phrase occurs. Ἀρχηγός, though sometimes rendered prince, means, primarily, beginning, and thence originator, author. Better here as Rev., in margin, author, and so by Rev. at Heb 2:10; Heb 12:2.