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I. IN WHAT SENSE.

1. Not —

(1)  As angels (Job 38:7).

(2)  As Israel (Exodus 5:22; Hosea 11:1).

(3)  As Adam and men in general (Luke 3:38; Acts 17:29).

(4)  As kings and rulers (Psalm 82:6).

(5)  As the godly and regenerate (Genesis 6:2; John 1:12; 1 John 3:1).

2. But in an entirely peculiar sense (John 5:17, 18).

(1)  God's own Son (Romans 8:32).

(2)  Only begotten Son (John 3:16).

(3)  Equal with God (Philippians 2:6; John 5:18).

(4)  One with the Father (John 5:30).

(5)  The brightness of His glory, and express image of His person (Hebrews 1:3).

(6)  With God from eternity (John 1:1, 2; Proverbs 8:22, 23).

(7)  God Himself (John 1:1; Romans 9:3).

II. BY WHOM DECLARED.

1. By prophecy (Psalm 2:7).

2. By the Father (Matthew 3:17; Matthew 17:5).

3. By Himself (Matthew 26:63, 64; John 9:35, 39; John 10:30-36).

4. By the apostles (Acts 3:13; Acts 9:20; 1 Corinthians 1:9; 1 Corinthians 15:28; 2 Corinthians 1:19; Galatians 4:4; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; Hebrews 1:2; Hebrews 5:8; 1 John 4:9).

(T. Robinson, D. D.)

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KJV: Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

WEB: concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,