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Remember them which have the rule over you (μνημονεύετε τῶν ἡγουμένων ὑμῶν)
Remember, with a view to observing their admonitions. For τῶν ἡγουμένων those who lead or rule, see on 1Th 5:13. Used of both civil and ecclesiastical rulers. Clement of Rome, among a great variety of names for church functionaries, has both ἡγούμενοι and προηγούμενοι (see Ad Corinth. i, xxi). Comp. Act 15:22. In lxx frequently, of various forms of authority, and in later Greek of bishops and abbots. For “which have the rule,” rend. “which had,” etc.
Who have spoken (οἵτινες ἐλάλησαν)
Rend. “spake,” and comp. Heb 2:3, Heb 2:4.
Follow (μιμεῖσθε)
Rend. “imitate.” See on Heb 6:12.
Considering (ἀναθεωροῦντες)
Only here and Act 17:23, see note. The compound verb means to observe attentively. The simple verb θεωρεῖν implies a spiritual or mental interest in the object. See on Joh 1:18.
The end of their conversation (τὴν ἔκβασιν τῆς ἀναστροφῆς)
Ἔκβασις only here and 1Co 10:13 (note). It means outcome or issue. See Wisd. 8:8. In 1Co 10:13, way out. Comp. Wisd. 2:17. Ἁναστροφή is life in intercourse with men. See on 1Pe 1:15. Conversation, in the older sense of that word, is a good rendering, as it is also a nearly literal rendering of the Greek word. The reference is to the end of their life; what kind of an end they made; possibly, but not necessarily, with an allusion to cases of martyrdom. What, now, was the subject of these teachers' faith which is commended to imitation? It is stated in the next verse.