diff --git a/Stencil/Context.swift b/Stencil/Context.swift
index b6ea6dc..0f56cd7 100644
--- a/Stencil/Context.swift
+++ b/Stencil/Context.swift
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 /// A container for template variables.
-public class Context : Equatable {
-  var dictionaries:[[String:AnyObject]]
+public class Context {
+  var dictionaries:[[String: Any]]
 
   /// Initialise a Context with a dictionary
-  public init(dictionary:[String:AnyObject]) {
+  public init(dictionary:[String: Any]) {
     dictionaries = [dictionary]
   }
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ public class Context : Equatable {
     dictionaries = []
   }
 
-  public subscript(key: String) -> AnyObject? {
+  public subscript(key: String) -> Any? {
     /// Retrieves a variable's value, starting at the current context and going upwards
     get {
       for dictionary in Array(dictionaries.reverse()) {
@@ -34,16 +34,12 @@ public class Context : Equatable {
   }
 
   /// Push a new level into the Context
-  public func push(dictionary:[String:AnyObject]? = nil) {
+  public func push(dictionary: [String: Any]? = nil) {
     dictionaries.append(dictionary ?? [:])
   }
 
   /// Pop the last level off of the Context
-  public func pop() -> [String:AnyObject]? {
+  public func pop() -> [String: Any]? {
     return dictionaries.popLast()
   }
 }
-
-public func ==(lhs:Context, rhs:Context) -> Bool {
-  return lhs.dictionaries == rhs.dictionaries
-}
diff --git a/Stencil/Filters.swift b/Stencil/Filters.swift
index ed31250..d97b03f 100644
--- a/Stencil/Filters.swift
+++ b/Stencil/Filters.swift
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ func lowercase(value: Any?) -> Any? {
   }
 
   return value
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/Stencil/Node.swift b/Stencil/Node.swift
index f4892ae..c0551a9 100644
--- a/Stencil/Node.swift
+++ b/Stencil/Node.swift
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ public class ForNode : NodeType {
   }
 
   public func render(context: Context) throws -> String {
-    if let values = variable.resolve(context) as? [AnyObject] {
+    let values = variable.resolve(context)
+    if let values = values as? NSArray {
       return try values.map { item in
         context.push()
         context[loopVariable] = item
diff --git a/Stencil/Variable.swift b/Stencil/Variable.swift
index 4d65456..b726399 100644
--- a/Stencil/Variable.swift
+++ b/Stencil/Variable.swift
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public struct Variable : Equatable, Resolvable {
 
   /// Resolve the variable in the given context
   public func resolve(context:Context) -> Any? {
-    var current:AnyObject? = context
+    var current: Any? = context
 
     if (variable.hasPrefix("'") && variable.hasSuffix("'")) || (variable.hasPrefix("\"") && variable.hasSuffix("\"")) {
       // String literal
@@ -58,9 +58,11 @@ public struct Variable : Equatable, Resolvable {
     for bit in lookup() {
       if let context = current as? Context {
         current = context[bit]
-      } else if let dictionary = current as? [String:AnyObject] {
+      } else if let dictionary = current as? [String: Any] {
         current = dictionary[bit]
-      } else if let array = current as? [AnyObject] {
+      } else if let dictionary = current as? [String: AnyObject] {
+        current = dictionary[bit]
+      } else if let array = current as? [Any] {
         if let index = Int(bit) {
           current = array[index]
         } else if bit == "first" {
@@ -70,6 +72,16 @@ public struct Variable : Equatable, Resolvable {
         } else if bit == "count" {
           current = array.count
         }
+      } else if let array = current as? NSArray {
+        if let index = Int(bit) {
+          current = array[index]
+        } else if bit == "first" {
+          current = array.firstObject
+        } else if bit == "last" {
+          current = array.lastObject
+        } else if bit == "count" {
+          current = array.count
+        }
       } else if let object = current as? NSObject {
         current = object.valueForKey(bit)
       } else {