That is, the death of the accursed, the death reserved for malefactors. Jewish hatred still speaks of Christ as, “The man who was hung.” Ver. 9. Highly exalted.—A word much stronger than those, e.g., in the Acts, which describe the raising up of the murdered Lord of life. We trace the descent step by step to the last rung of the ladder; by one stupendous act (Rom. 1:4) God graced His Son with unique honour and dignity (Eph. 1:21). Ver. 10. That at the name of Jesus.—Not at the mention of the name
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