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Looking unto (aphorōntes eis). Present active participle of aphoraō, old verb to look away, “looking away to Jesus.” In N.T. only here and Phi 2:23. Fix your eyes on Jesus, after a glance at “the cloud of witnesses,” for he is the goal. Cf. Moses in Heb 11:26 (apeblepen).
The author (ton archēgon). See Heb 2:10 for this word. “The pioneer of personal faith” (Moffatt).
Perfecter (teleiōtēn). A word apparently coined by the writer from teleioō as it has been found nowhere else. Vulgate has consummator.
For the joy (anti tēs charas). Answering to, in exchange for (Heb 12:16), at the end of the race lay the joy “set before him” (prokeimenēs autōi), while here was the Cross (stauron) at this end (the beginning of the race) which he endured (hupemeinen, aorist active indicative of hupomenō),
despising shame (aischunēs kataphronēsas). The cross at his time brought only shame (most shameful of deaths, “yea, the death of the cross” Phi 2:8). But Jesus despised that, in spite of the momentary shrinking from it, and did his Father’s will by submitting to it.
Hath sat down (kekathiken). Perfect active indicative of kathizō, and still is there (Heb 1:3).