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  • Some, indeed, except that where the word huper is used in this phrase, as Heb. ii.

    The Death of Death in the Death of Christ 1616-1683 1967

  • So the same apostle, 1 Cor.i. 13, asking, and strongly denying by way of interrogation, Mē Paulos estaurōthē huper humōn; “Was Paul crucified for you?” plainly showeth that the word huper, used about the crucifying of

    The Death of Death in the Death of Christ 1616-1683 1967

  • And when, in the same line of thought, I inquired why he named a German story “Hyperion,” with no apparent reason from classical associations, he pertinently enough answered me by pronouncing the name huper-iown, (“going higher "), the story being a tale of progress in human character.

    My Life as an Author Tupper, Martin F 1886

  • [3668] The original Greek is preserved here by Theodoret, differing in some respects from the old Latin version: kai aposterountas ton anthropon tes eis Theon anodou kai acharistountas to huper auton sarkothenti logo tou Theou.

    ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001

  • But why this exception should prevail I see no reason, for the same preposition being used in the like kind in other cases doth confessedly intimate a commutation; as Rom.ix. 3, where Paul affirms that he “could wish himself accursed from Christ huper tōn adelphōn,” — “for his brethren,” — that is, in their stead, that they might be united to him.

    The Death of Death in the Death of Christ 1616-1683 1967

  • Polycarpus: — Hoti oute ton Christon pote kataleipein dunēsometha ton huper tēs tou kosmou tōn sōzōmenōn sōtērias pathonta, oute heteron timē sebein. —

    The Death of Death in the Death of Christ 1616-1683 1967

  • * Hoti oute ton Christon pote kataleipein dunēsometha ton huper tēs tou kosmou tōn sōzōmenōn sōtērias pathonta, oute heteron timē sebein.

    The Death of Death in the Death of Christ 1616-1683 1967

  • * [7414] Dia tēn agapēn hēn eschen pros hēmas to haima autou edōken huper hēmōn en thelēmati autou kai tēn sarka huper tēs sarkos hēmōn kai tēn psuchēn huper psuchōn hēmōn.

    The Death of Death in the Death of Christ 1616-1683 1967

  • * Dia tēn agapēn hēn eschen pros hēmas to haima autou edōken huper hēmōn en thelēmati autou kai tēn sarka huper tēs sarkos hēmōn kai tēn psuchēn huper psuchōn hēmōn.

    The Death of Death in the Death of Christ 1616-1683 1967

  • Corinth: — Dia tēn agapēn hēn eschen pros hēmas to haima autou edōken huper hēmōn en thelēmati autou kai tēn sarka huper tēs sarkos hēmōn kai tēn psuchēn huper psuchōn hēmōn. — “For the love which he had unto us, he gave his blood for us, according to his purpose, and his flesh for our flesh, and his life for our lives.”

    The Death of Death in the Death of Christ 1616-1683 1967

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