the apostle unfolds a portion of the mystery, and as if in reference to this phrase, he says of it—“Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men;” to wit, it was first revealed in the fulness of the times. The mystery of this full-timed dispensation is now described— ἀνακεφαλαιώσασθαι τὰ πάντα ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ—“to gather together all things in Christ.” The infinitive does not need the article, being explanatory in its nature. Winer, § 44, 2; Madvig, § 144. The signification of the
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