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priestly Entrance ‘with His own blood’ into heaven, to the presence of God, are ‘eternal’ acts, raised beyond all limits of time. Comp. Heb. 9:12, 14; 13:20.

Here therefore there is no possibility of repetition, as in the Levitical sacrifices. All is ‘one act at once,’ while for men the virtue of Christ's sacrifice is applied in time.

OEcumenius understands the phrase of the perpetual memory of Christ's offering: ouj ga;r th;n pro;" a{pax genomevnhn uJpo; qeou' qusivan kai; prosfora;n ei\pen a]n eij" to;n aijw'na, ajllj ajforw'n eij" tou;" nu'n iJerourgou;" dij w|n mevswn Cristo;" iJerourgei' kai; iJerourgei'tai, oJ kai; paradou;" aujtoi'" ejn tw'/ mustikw'/ deivpnw/ to;n trovpon th'" toiauvth" iJerourgiva" .

Theophylact in much more careful language says: pw'" ei\pe to; eij" to;n aijw'na ; o{ti kai; nu'n meta; tou' swvmato" o} uJpe;r hJmw'n e[qusen ejntugcavnei uJpe;r hJmw'n tw'/ qew'/ kai; patriv ... h] o{ti hJ kaqj eJkavsthn ginomevnh kai; genhsomevnh eij" to;n aijw'na prosfora; dia; tw'n tou' qeou' leitourgw'n aujto;n e[cei ajrciereva kai; iJereva to;n kuvrion, kai; iJerei'on eJauto;n uJpe;r hJmw'n aJgiavzonta kai; klwvmenon kai; didovmenon . oJsavki" ga;r tau'ta givnetai oJ qavnato" tou' kurivou kataggevlletai .

Heb. 5:7-10. The complicated sentence is divided into two main propositions by the two finite verbs (1) o{" ... prosenevgka" kai; eijsakousqeiv" ... e[maqen ... (2) kai; teleiwqei;" ejgevneto . The first sentence describes the divine discipline through which Christ was perfected in His human nature: the second, the efficacy of the work which He was fitted to accomplish in His perfected humanity.

The great statement of the first sentence ( o}" ejn tai'" hJmevrai" th'" sarko;" aujtou' ... e[maqen ajfj w|n e[paqen th;n uJpakohvn ) is enlarged by two subordinate statements which illustrate the character of the divine discipline ( dehvsei" te kai; iJket. ... eujlabeiva" ), and Christ's unique nature ( kaivper w]n
uiJov"
). Of these the first is again elaborated in detail. The character ( dehv. kai; iJket. ), the object ( pro;" to;n d. s. auj. ejk q. ), and the manner ( m. kr. ij. k. d. ) of Christ's prayers are vividly given; and the answer to them is referred to its moral cause ( ajpo; th'" eujl. ).

If the words are arranged in a tabular form their symmetrical structure is at once evident:
Who ,

7 in His days of flesh ,

having offered up, with strong crying and tears , prayers and supplications unto Him that was able to save

death ,

8 though He was Son, yet
(1) learned obedience

Him out of


and having been heard for His godly fear ,


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