Ρ. 397; Winer, Gramm. 7 Aufl. p. 519.—The sitting at
the right hand, figure of the highest honour and dominion, see
on ver. 3,— ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου] the footstool of Thy

MeEyYer.—HEs. G


98 THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS.
feet. There lies in the expression an allusion to the custom
of the victor of placing his foot upon the neck of the
vanquished, in token of the complete subjection of the latter ;
comp. Josh, x. 24. — ὑποπόδιον] first used in the Greek of a
later age. Comp. Sturz, de dial. Alex. οἱ Maced. p. 199.
