14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;



Ver. 14. Children are partakers] ðáéäéá , little children. Christ also became a little child, the babe of Bethlehem, Isa_9:6. Catch him up, as old Simeon did; kiss him, lest he be angry, Psa_2:12. Stumble not at his weakness, but gather assurance of his love, and grow up unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ, Eph_4:13.



Took part of the same] Whence they are called Christ’s partners or consorts, Heb_1:9; and they amy better say to him than Ruth did to Boaz, "Spread thy skirt over thy handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman, one that hath right to redeem," Rth_3:9.



Him that bad the power of death] As the hangman hath the power of the gallows, "to kill men with death," Rev_2:23. He hath not imperium principis, but carnificis, saith a Lapide. And that power of his also, as to the saints, is cassated, nullified, made void and of none effect, as the word êáôáñãçóç signifieth. He may roar upon them, and shake his chain at them; not ruinate them, or once set his fangs in them.