And again in the Epistle to the Colossians, to
them that have not the knowledge of the Only Begotten, there is mention
of him that holdeth “the head,” that is, Christ,
“from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment
ministered increaseth with the increase of God.” Col. ii. 19. And that Christ is the head of the
Church we have learned in another passage, when the apostle says
“gave him to be the head over all things to the
Church,” Eph. i. 22. and “of his
fulness have all we received.” John i. 16. And the
Lord Himself says “He shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto
you.” 1 John xvi. 15. In a word, the
diligent reader will perceive that “of whom” is used in
diverse manners. πολύτροποι. cf. the cognate adverb in Heb. i. 1. For instance,
the Lord says, “I perceive that virtue is gone out of
me.”
“ἐξ ἐμοῦ ” The reading in St. Luke (viii.
46) is ἀπ᾽
ἐμοῦ. In the parallel passage,
Mark v. 30, the words are, “Jesus knowing
in himself that virtue had gone out of him,” ἐξ
αὐτοῦ which D. inserts in
Luke viii.
45. Similarly we
have frequently observed “of whom” used of the
Spirit. “He that soweth to the spirit,” it is
said, “shall of
the spirit reap life everlasting.” Gal. vi. 8.
John too writes, “Hereby we know that he abideth in us by
(ἐκ) the spirit which he hath given
us.” 1 John iii. 24.
“That which is conceived in her,” says the angel,
“is of the Holy Ghost,” Matt. i. 20.
and the Lord says “that which is born of the spirit is
spirit.” John iii. 6. Such then
is the case so far.