{Far above all rule} (huperan(9320)pas(8873) arch(8873)). Late
compound adverbial preposition (huper, an(935c)) with the ablative
case. In N.T. only here and Heb 9:5 . As in Col 1:16 , so here
Paul claims primacy for Jesus Christ above all angels, aeons,
what not. These titles all were used in the Gnostic speculations
with a graduated angelic hierarchy. {World} (ai(936e)i). "Age." See
this identical expression in Mt 12:32 for the present time
( Gal 1:4 1Ti 6:17 ) and the future life ( Eph 2:7 Lu 20:35 ).
Both combined in Mr 10:30 Lu 18:30 .
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