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Rom 13:2. Διαταγῇ, the ordinance) the abstract, in which the concrete is implied. So 1Pe 2:13, κτίσις, creature, in the abstract [but Engl. Vers. the ordinance]; it at the same time includes, for example, the king, in the concrete.-ἀνθέστηκεν) The Preterite, i.e. by that very act resists.-κρίμα) Divine judgment, through the magistrate.-λήψονται, they shall bring on themselves) While they take to themselves another’s power, they shall by their own spontaneous act take [bring] on themselves, receive judgment. We have here the figure [134]Mimesis [an allusion to the words of another with a view to refute him].
[134] See Appendix.