28. Compare
Heb 2:2, 3; 12:25.
despised--"set at naught" [ALFORD]: utterly
and heinously violated, not merely some minor detail, but the whole
law and covenant; for example, by idolatry
(De 17:2-7).
So here apostasy answers to such an utter violation of the old
covenant.
died--Greek, "dies": the normal punishment of such
transgression, then still in force.
without mercy--literally, "mercies": removal out of the pale of
mitigation, or a respite of his doom.
under--on the evidence of.
JFB.
Picture Study Bible