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Became us (ἡμῖν ἔπρεπεν)
See on Heb 2:10. For the verb see on Tit 2:1. There was an essential fitness in the gift of our great high priest. Comp. Heb 2:17.
Holy (ὅσιος)
See on Luk 1:75. Always with a relation to God; never of moral excellence as related to men. Of Christ, Act 2:27; Act 13:35; of a bishop, Tit 1:8.
Harmless (ἄκακος)
Rend. guileless. Free from malice and craft. Only here and Rom 16:18. Undefiled (ἀμίαντος), see on 1Pe 1:4.
Separate (κεχωρισμένος)
Rend. separated: denoting a condition realized in Christ's exaltation. Comp. Rom 6:10.
Higher than the heavens (ὑψηλότερος τῶν οὐρανῶν)
Comp. Eph 4:10, Heb 4:14.