At the name of Jesus [ε ν τ ω ο ν ο μ α τ ι]. Rev., better, in the name. The name means here the personal name; but as including all that is involved in the name. See on Matthew 28:19. Hence the salutation is not at the name of Jesus, as by bowing when the name is uttered, but, as Ellicott rightly says : "the spiritual sphere, the holy element as it were, in which every prayer is to be offered and every knee to bow." Compare Ephesians 5:20.

Things in heaven, etc. Compare Revelation 5:13; Ephesians 1:20; Ephesians 1:22. The words may apply either to all intelligent beings or to all things. The latter is in accord with Paul's treatment of the creation collectively in Romans 8:19-22, and with the Old - Testament passages, in which all nature is represented as praising God, as Psalms 148; Romans 65:13.

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Old Testament