The children; in allusion to the words just quoted: "Behold, I and the children which God hath given me." Through death-destroy; for it was through death that Jesus conquered and spoiled the prince of death. John 12:31.

Him that had the power of death-the devil; by the agency of the devil sin was introduced into the world, and death through sin. Romans 5:12. Over all that are out of Christ he reigns, in and through death, as a cruel tyrant and tormentor. But Christ, by redeeming men from sin and death, takes them out of the power of Satan.

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