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Heb 13:20. Ὁ δέ Θεὸς, now the God) He desired the brethren to pray for him, Heb 13:18; he now prays for them.-τῆς εἰρήνης, of peace) Paul often calls Him the God of peace, Rom 15:33. Here the verb καταρτίσαι, join you together in perfect harmony, accords with it, Heb 13:21.-ὁ ἀναγαγὼν ἐκ νεκρῶν, who brought again from the dead) God brought the Shepherd; the Shepherd brings the flock. He brought Him from the depths, and set Him on high, where He may be seen by all. The apostle does not conclude, before he made mention of the resurrection of Christ.-τὸν ποιμένα τῶν προβάτων τὸν μέγαν, the great Shepherd of the sheep) An appropriate appellation. You have, says he, many ministers, Heb 13:17; but He is the Minister of all. I am absent from you, Heb 13:19; but GOD is not absent, nor will He be wanting to you. The allusion is to Isa 53:11 [whence a various reading, ἐκ τῆς γῆς for ἐκ νεκρῶν, has started up in this passage.-Not. Crit.], and by this allusion, the apostle at the very end of the epistle again and again prefers Christ to Moses, of whom Isaiah is speaking in the passage quoted above.-ἐν) in, significantly. It is construed with ὁ ἀναγαγὼν, who brought again; comp. ch. Heb 2:9, διὰ, for, on account of; likewise Joh 10:17-18; Php 2:9.-αἰωνίου, everlasting) An august epithet. This eternity of the covenant infers the necessity of a resurrection: Act 13:34, note, from Isaiah.