Other’. Manward, it requires us to take all human beings infinitely seriously (cf. Gen. 9:6; Jas 3:9). And our Lord implies, further, that God’s stamp on us constitutes a declaration of ownership (Matt. 22:20, 21). Us … our … our. The plural is interpreted by, e.g. Delitzsch and von Rad as including the angels, whom the Old Testament calls at times ‘sons of God’, or, generically, ‘god(s)’ (cf. Job 1:6; Ps. 8:5 with Heb. 2:7; Ps. 82:1, 6 with John 10:34, 35). This can claim some support from Genesis
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