[44] Possibly, "offspring."
[45] Isaiah 7:14; Matt 1:23.
[46] Micah 5:2, though the text as quoted here differs drastically from the Septuagint text.
[47] ὁ μὴ ὢν.
[48] Or possibly, "committed a kind service."
[49] Isaiah 19:24.
[50] Luke 2:7.
[51] Joseph.
[52] Matt 1:20.
[53] ῥῆμα. There is a play on words here between "word," ῥῆμα, which here means a spoken word, by which death entered the world and humankind was cast from the Garden, and Word, Λόγος, through which humankind can again enter into paradise.
[54] Λόγος.
[55] The repentant thief who was crucified at the same time as Christ. See Luke 23:39-43.
[56] Οὐσία.
[57] Λατρεία.
[58] Literally, "into the ages of ages."
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