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Eph_1:20. Ἥν ] namely, ἐνέργειαν ; see Winer, p. 205 [E. T. 273].
ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ ] in the case of Christ.
ἐγείρας ] aorist participle, contemporaneous with the act of the verb, like γνωρίσας , Eph_1:9.[115]
καὶ ἐκάθισεν ] deviation from the participial construction after ΚΑΊ . See Hermann, ad Soph. El. p. 153, and note on Col_1:6; Buttm. neut. Gr. p. 327 f. [E. T. 382].
ἐν τοῖς ἐπουραν .] in the heaven (see on Eph_1:3), is not to be transformed into the vague conception of a status coelestis, of a higher relation to the world, and the like (Calovius, Harless, Hofmann, and others), but to be left as a specification of place. For Christ is with-glorified body, as σύνθρονος of the Father on the seat where the Divine Majesty is enthroned (see on Mat_6:9), exalted above the heavenly angels (Eph_1:21), in heaven (Php_3:20 f.); so Stephen beheld Him (Act_7:55), and the seer of the Apocalypse (Revelation 5., al.); and from thence, surrounded by the angels, He will return, even as He has bodily ascended thither (1Th_4:16; Act_1:11; Act_3:21; 1Pe_3:21 f.; Mat_24:30; Mat_25:31); hence also those who-arise and are changed at the Parousia, are caught up εἰς ἀέρα , to meet the Lord coming from heaven (1Th_4:17). Up to that time He intercedes for us at the right hand of the Father (Rom_8:34). The true commentary on ἐκάθισεν ἐν δεξιᾷ αὑτοῦ ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρ . is accordingly, Mar_16:19 : ἈΝΕΛΉΦΘΗ ΕἸς ΤῸΝ ΟὐΡΑΝῸΝ ΚΑῚ ἘΚΆΘΙΣΕΝ ἘΚ ΔΕΞΙῶΝ ΤΟῦ ΘΕΟῦ . And our passage itself, Eph_1:20 ff. (comp. Eph_4:10), is the commentary on Ὁ ΘΕῸς ΑὐΤῸΝ ὙΠΕΡΎΨΩΣΕ Κ . Τ . Λ ., Php_2:9.
[115] In connection with this, observe the interchange of the perfect ( ἐνήργηκεν , see the critical remarks) and the aorist ( ἐγείρας ): which (working) He has wrought (concluded action, regarded from the standpoint of the writer), when He raised, etc.