Section 8

Notes

1. 12

   With the whole of this passage we may compare the description of the vestments of Aaron.  See especially Ex. xxix. 5, 6 (LXX.).  The πέταλον is the translation of ץיצ, the plate of gold on the forehead of the high priest over the mitre.  The λογίον, or λογεῖον, is the breastplate, with the Urim and Thummim.  For the ποδήρης, see Ex. xxviii. 27 (LXX.).

2. 13

   On the possible reference here to the elements of the Eucharist, see Grabe’s note, Spicilegium, in loc.

3. 14

   Nitzsch (p. 19, n. 37) explains this division into three ἀρχαί, as referring to the three orders of the Christian priesthood.  This, however, seems improbable.  Cf. Kayser, p. 119; Vorstman, p. 41.  It is far more probable that the reference is to Moses, Aaron, and Christ.  Thus with πιστεύσας we may compare Num. xii. 7.  For this use of ἀρχή, cf. Gen. ii. 10.  [Isa. lxvi. 21.]

4. 15

   [Rom. xvi. 15, 16, 17, Greek.  Compare Heb. v. 1.]

5. 16

   Or, if we follow the reading of Cd. Oxon., “Prophet of the Most High.”