Robertson Word Pictures - Ephesians 1:21 - 1:21

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Robertson Word Pictures - Ephesians 1:21 - 1:21


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Far above all rule (huperanō pasēs archēs). Late compound adverbial preposition (huper, anō) with the ablative case. In N.T. only here and Heb 9:5. As in Col 1:16, so here Paul claims primacy for Jesus Christ above all angels, aeons, what not. These titles all were used in the Gnostic speculations with a graduated angelic hierarchy.

World (aiōni). “Age.” See this identical expression in Mat 12:32 for the present time (Gal 1:4; 1Ti 6:17) and the future life (Eph 2:7; Luk 20:35). Both combined in Mar 10:30; Luk 18:30.