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Esteeming the reproach of Christ (ἡγησάμενος τὸν ὀνειδισμὸν τοῦ Χριστοῦ)
The participle gives the reason for his choice of affliction instead of sin: since he esteemed. “The reproach of Christ” is the reproach peculiar to Christ; such as he endured. The writer uses it as a current form of expression, coloring the story of Moses with a Christian tinge. Comp. Rom 15:3; Heb 13:13; 2Co 1:5; Col 1:24; Phi 3:14; 1Pe 4:14. The phrase is applied to Moses as enduring at the hands of the Egyptians and of the rebellious Israelites the reproach which any faithful servant of God will endure, and which was endured in a notable way by Christ.
He had respect unto (ἀπέβλεπεν εἰς)
N.T.o. Lit. he looked away (from the treasures of Egypt, etc.) unto the recompense.