Verse 23
changed. Greek. allasso. see Acts 6:14 .
glory . Greek. doxa. See p. 1511.
uncorruptible . Greek. aphthartos. Here; 1 Corinthians 9:25 ; 1 Corinthians 15:52 . 1Ti 1:17 . 1 Peter 1:4 , 1 Peter 1:23 ; 1 Peter 3:4 .
image, &c. = likeness (Greek. homoioma. Here, Romans 5:14 ; Romans 6:5 ; Romans 8:3 .Philippians 1:2 , Philippians 1:7 . Revelation 9:7 ) of an image of.
image . Greek. eikon. Occurs twenty-three times; always so rendered. This is the Figure of speech Pleonasm. App-6 .
corruptible . Greek. phthartos. Here, 1Co 9:25 ; 1 Corinthians 15:53 , 1 Corinthians 15:54 ; 1Pe 1:18 , 1 Peter 1:23 .
birds, &c . In Egypt they worshipped the hawk and the ibis.
fourfooted beasts . Greek. tetrapous. See Acts 10:12 . As the bull and the cow, held by the Egyptians sacred to. Apis and Hathor (Venus); the dog to Anubis ; &c.
creeping things . Greek. herpeton. See Acts 10:12 . The asp, sacred to the gods of Egypt and found in every heathen pantheon; indeed, the worship of the serpent plays a prominent part in all forms of Paganism. The crocodile, tortoise, frog, and the well-known Scarabaeus beetle, sacred to the sun and to Pthah, and used as an emblem of the world (Wilkinson).
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