Hebrews:12:2

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rwp @Hebrews:12:2 @{Looking unto } (\aphor “ntes eis \). Present active participle of \aphora “\, old verb to look away , "looking away to Jesus ." In N .T . only here and strkjv @Phillipians:2:23 |. Fix your eyes on Jesus , after a glance at "the cloud of witnesses ," for he is the goal . Cf . Moses in strkjv @11:26 | (\apeblepen \). {The author } (\ton arch ˆgon \). See strkjv @2:10 | for this word . "The pioneer of personal faith " (Moffatt ). {Perfecter } (\telei “t ˆn \). A word apparently coined by the writer from \teleio “\ as it has been found nowhere else . Vulgate has _consummator_ . {For the joy } (\anti t ˆs charas \). Answering to , in exchange for (verse 16 |), at the end of the race lay the joy "set before him " (\prokeimen ˆs aut “i \), while here was the Cross (\stauron \) at this end (the beginning of the race ) which he endured (\hupemeinen \, aorist active indicative of \hupomen “\), {despising shame } (\aischun ˆs kataphron ˆsas \). The cross at his time brought only shame (most shameful of deaths , "yea , the death of the cross " strkjv @Phillipians:2:8 |). But Jesus despised that , in spite of the momentary shrinking from it , and did his Father 's will by submitting to it . {Hath sat down } (\kekathiken \). Perfect active indicative of \kathiz “\, and still is there (1:3 |).

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