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Hebrews 3:3

The Pulpit Commentary on Hebrews 3:3

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

For of more glory than Moses hath this man (so A.V., for οὕτος, supplying "man," though it is to be observed that the humanity of the person spoken of is not expressed in the original) been counted worthy ( ἠξίωται: cf.

; ; ; ), by so much as more honor than the house hath he that built (or, established) it. Here the account of Christ's superiority to Moses begins.

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