John Bengel Commentary - Hebrews 3:6 - 3:6

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John Bengel Commentary - Hebrews 3:6 - 3:6


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Heb 3:6. Χριστὸς δὲ, but Christ) Moses yields to Him. An ambassador, in the absence of the king, is very highly distinguished-in the presence of the king, he falls back among the multitude. Here also supply πιστός ἐστι, is faithful. The Son shows His faithfulness in all that belongs to His Father and in all that is His own.-ἐπὶ, over) This ἐπὶ, על, over, shows His surpassing power: ἐν, in, is applied to Moses, Heb 3:5.-αὐτοῦ, His, of Him) of GOD, ch. Heb 10:21.-ὅς) This reading is very old.[23] Some read οὗ, from its alliteration with αὐτοῦ. In this case Paul should have written οὗ ὁ οἶκος, as Erasmus showed at the beginning. For we say, οὗ τὸ πτύον, ἧς ὁ ἀδελφος, ὧν τὸ στόμα, ὧν τὰ ὀνόματα, οὗ ἡ πληγὴ, ὧν τὰ κῶλα, οὗ ἡ φωνὴ, οὗ ἡ οἰκία. The question here is not, Whose house is it? for that very point is just now denoted by the αὐτοῦ. His; but, What is the house? as distinguished from that of which Moses was a portion.-ἐὰν, if) The same sentiment is found at Heb 3:14. An abbreviated expression: the house are we, since we have confidence: the house we shall be, if we retain our confidence. There is an expression of Paul’s very similar, Col 1:23, note.-τὴν παῤῥησίαν) A word of frequent occurrence in this epistle: παῤῥησία, ch. Heb 4:16, Heb 10:19; Heb 10:35; and ἐλπὶς ch. Heb 6:11; Heb 6:18, Heb 7:19, Heb 10:23, in like manner πληροφορία, ὑπόστασις, παῤῥήσιαν, confidence, viz. towards GOD: καύχημα, glorying, with respect to enemies.-κατάσχωμεν, if we hold fast) So Heb 3:14; ch. Heb 10:23. So κρατεῖν, Heb 4:14, Heb 6:18.

[23] The Gnomon here agrees with the 2d Ed. and the Germ. Vers., having changed the decision of the older Ed., which had given the preference to the reading οὖ.-E. B.

οὖ is the reading of ABC and Rec. Text; ὃς of D(Δ) corrected, f Vulg. Lucif.-ED.