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Rev_2:8. The self-designation of the Lord[1037] corresponds to the admonition and promise, Rev_2:10-11.
ἔζησεν contains by its combination with ἐγεν . νεκρός the intimation that the life is a new one succeeding a victory over death.[1038] The aor. ἔζησεν [1039] marks the historical fact of the resurrection, as the precise fact of death is designated by ἘΓΕΝ . ΝΕΚΡ .; cf. the aor. Rev_1:5, Rev_3:9. An analogy is furnished by Josephus, Life, 75: “Of the three crucified who were taken down, two died notwithstanding the care: ὁ δὲ τρίτος ἔζησεν ” (the third lived).
[1037] Rev_1:17 sqq. Cf. Rev_1:15.
[1038] Rev_13:14, Rev_20:4-5. Cf. Eze_37:3; Mat_9:16; Joh_5:25.
[1039] Cf., on the other hand, the ζῶν εἲμι , κ . τ . λ ., Rev_1:18.