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The word spoken by angels (ὁ δι ἀγγέλλων λαληθεὶς λόγος)
The Mosaic legislation which was conveyed through the mediation of angels. Comp. Deu 33:2; Act 7:38, Act 7:53; Gal 3:19, on which see note. The agency of angels indicates the limitations of the legal dispensation; its character as a dispensation of the flesh. Hence its importance in this discussion. The abolition of the old limitations is the emancipation of man from subordination to the angels. The O.T. is made to furnish proof that such subordination is inconsistent with man's ultimate destiny to sovereignty over all creation.
Was steadfast (ἐγένετο βέβαιος)
Rend. proved sure: realized itself in the event as securely founded in the divine holiness, and eternal in its principles and obligations. Comp. Mat 5:18.
Transgression and disobedience (παράβασις καὶ παρακοὴ)
Παράβασις is a stepping over the line; the violation of a positive divine enactment. See on Rom 2:23. Παρακοὴ only in Paul and Hebrews, is a disobedience which results from neglecting to hear; from letting things drift by. It is noticeable how often in O.T. obedience is described as hearing, and disobedience as refusing to hear. See Exo 15:26; Exo 19:5, Exo 19:8; Exo 23:22; Jos 1:18; Isa 28:12; Isa 30:9; Jer 11:10; Jer 32:23; Jer 35:16. Comp. Act 7:57.
A just recompense of reward (ἔνδικον μισθατοδοσίαν)
Ἔνδικος just, only here and Rom 3:8. olxx, quite frequent in Class., but mainly in poetry. The meaning is substantially the same as δίκαιος as it appears in the familiar phrase δίκαιός εἰμιwith the infinitive: thus, δίκαιός εἰμι κολάζειν I am right to punish, that is, I have a right, etc., right or justice being regarded as working within a definite circle. Μισθαποδοσία recompense only in Hebrews. Comp. Heb 10:35; Heb 11:26. olxx, oClass., where the word is, μισθοδοσία. From μισθός wages and ἀποδιδόναι to pay off or discharge. The reference is, primarily, to the punishments suffered by the Israelites in the wilderness. Comp. Heb 3:16; Heb 10:28; 1Co 10:5, 1Co 10:6.