33. God hath fulfilled the same--"hath completely fulfilled."
in that he hath raised up Jesus again--literally, "raised up"; but
the meaning is (notwithstanding the contrary opinion of many excellent
interpreters) "from the dead"; as the context plainly shows.
as it is written in the second psalm--in many manuscripts "the first
Psalm"; what we call the first being regarded by the ancient Jews as
only an introduction to the Psalter, which was considered to begin with
the second.
this day have I begotten thee--As the apostle in
Ro 1:4
regards the resurrection of Christ merely as the manifestation
of a prior Sonship, which he afterwards
(Ac 8:32)
represents as essential, it is plain that this is his meaning
here. (Such declarative meaning of the verb "to be" is familiar
to every reader of the Bible). See
Joh 15:8,
"So shall ye be," that is, be seen to be "My disciples." It is
against the whole sense of the New Testament to ascribe the
origin of Christ's Sonship to His resurrection.
JFB.
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