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Heb 13:7. Ἡγουμένων) them who have the rule, Heb 13:17; Heb 13:24. The use of this word is very extensive; it is applied to a prince, to a teacher, etc.; it is presently explained in this passage, who have spoken to you the world of GOD. He therefore intends teachers, who were among the first witnesses and apostles of Christ, or their disciples and companions, who had died a little before, or were now almost at the point of death.-ἀναθεώρουντες, looking to, considering) i.e. when you look to with remembrance. The same grand expression occurs at Act 17:23. “Magnam ἀναθεώρησιν res habet,” Cic. ep. to Atticus, lib. xiv. ep. 15; and again, “Quanta est ἀναθεώρησις,” ep. xvi.-τὴν ἔκβασιν, the end) blessed, wished for.-τῆς ἀναστροφῆς, of their conversation) in the faith, consistent.-μιμεῖσθε, imitate) The imperative. We more easily contemplate and admire the happy death of godly men, than imitate the faith by which they have attained to it.-τὴν πίστιν, the faith) chiefly shown at the end.