General assembly (3831) (paneguris from pás = all, + águris = an assembly from agora = public square, marketplace) is used only here in the NT to describe a solemn assembly convened for purposes of a happy, joyous festivity. The Greeks used paneguris to describe a festal gathering of the whole people to celebrate public games or other solemnities.
The verb form panegurizo is used in Isaiah where God declares...
Be joyful with Jerusalem and rejoice for her (Septuagint translates the Hebrew with the verb panegurizo = to celebrate a public festival), all you who love her; Be exceedingly glad with her, all you who mourn over her (Isaiah 66:10)
As explained below Jesus is the firstborn and by virtue of our union with Him we are firstborn sons of God. All the rights of inheritance go to the firstborn—to us who are “co-heirs with Christ” (Ro 8:17-note).
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