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Saith
Present tense. “There is an element of tirelessness in the utterance. If the scripture ever spoke at all, it continued and continues to speak. It has never been struck dumb” (Morison).
Pharaoh
The original meaning of the word is now supposed to be the double house or palace. Compare the Sublime Porte.
Raised thee up (ἐξήγειρα)
Hebrew, caused thee to stand. Sept., διετηρήθης thou wast preserved alive. Only once elsewhere in the New Testament, 1Co 6:14, of raising from the dead. The meaning here is general, allowed thee to appear; brought, thee forward on the stage of events, as Zec 11:16. So the simple verb in Mat 11:11; Joh 7:52. Other explanations are, preserved thee alive, as Sept., excited thee to opposition, as Hab 1:6; created thee.
Might be declared (διαγγελῇ)
Published abroad, thoroughly (διά). So Rev. See on Luk 9:60. “Even to the present day, wherever throughout the world Exodus is read, the divine intervention is realized” (Godet).