{For not unto angels} (ou gar aggelois). The author now
proceeds to show ( 2:5-18 ) that the very humanity of Jesus, the
Son of Man, likewise proves his superiority to angels. {The world
to come} ( (886e) oikoumen(886e) t(886e) mellousan). The new order, the
salvation just described. See a like use of mell(935c) (as
participle) with s(9374)(8872)ia ( 1:14 ), ai(936e) ( 6:4f. ), agatha
( 9:11 10:1 ), polis ( 13:14 ). {Whereof we speak} (peri h(8873)
laloumen). The author is discussing this new order introduced by
Christ which makes obsolete the old dispensation of rites and
symbols. God did not put this new order in charge of angels.
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