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In this connexion different phrases are used which present different aspects of its efficacy.

[The Son] sat down on the right hand of the Majesty kaqarismo;n tw'n aJmartiw'n poihsavmeno" (1:3). He is a merciful and faithful High-priest eij" to; iJlavskesqai ta;" aJmartiva" tou' laou' (2:17). (Compare 9:15 ajpoluvtrwsin tw'n ejpi; th'/ prwvth/ diaqhvkh/ parabavsewn .)

It is further said that the ‘blood of bulls and goats is unable ajfairei'n aJmartiva" (10:4),’ and that the Levitical sacrifices cannot perielei'n aJmartiva" (10:11); where it is implied that the Blood and Sacrifice of Christ have this efficacy.

So sins are presented as a defilement which clings to man, a force which separates him from God, a burden which he bears, a robe of custom in which he is arrayed.
dia; th'" qusiva" aujtou' ] The phrase, referring as it does to ejn ai{mati ajllotrivw/ Heb. 9:25, cannot mean anything less than ‘the sacrifice of Himself.’ The word qusiva is used again of Christ Heb. 10:12; and in connexion with prosforav in Eph. 5:2.
pefanevrwtai ] He, who is our High-priest, hath been manifested, hath entered the visible life of men as man. On the scene of earth, before the eyes of men, He has overcome death (comp. 1 Cor. 15:54-57). And more than this: the fact of the Incarnation is regarded in its abiding consequences. The manifestation of Christ continues in its effects.

In this relation the ‘manifestation’ of Christ offers a contrast to the veiling of the High-priest in darkness when he was engaged in fulfilling his atoning service. Christ is withdrawn and yet present: hidden and yet seen.

Contrast 1 John 3:5, 8; 1:2 ( ejfanerwvqh ); 1 Pet. 1:20 ( fanerwqevnto" ). The perfect occurs again Heb. 9:8; 2 Cor. 5:11; Rom. 3:21. Heb. 9:27, 28. The fulfilment of the work of the Levitical High-priest suggests another thought. When the atonement was completed the High- priest came again among the people (Lev. 16:24). So too Christ shall return. He shall in this respect also satisfy the conditions of humanity. His Death shall be followed by the manifestation of His righteousness in the judgment of God.

Heb. 9:27. The conditions of human life are regarded as furnishing a measure by analogy of the conditions of Christ's work as man. He fulfilled the part of man perfectly in fact and not in figure (as by the Mosaic sacrifices). For Him therefore Death, necessarily one, must be followed by a Divine Judgment.
kaqj o{son ... ou{tw" kaiv ...] inasmuch as...even so also ...Vulg. quemadmodum...sic et ... Kaqj o{son is found in the N.T. only in this Epistle (Heb. 3:3; 7:20); ejfj o{son occurs Matt. 9:15; 25:40, 45; Rom. 11:13; 2 Pet. 1:13.

Kaqj o{son ... ou{tw" kaiv expresses a conclusion drawn from an identity between two objects in some particular respects (comp. kaqwv" ... ou{tw Heb. 9:3), while w{sper ... ou{tw" ...(not found in this Epistle) describes a complete correspondence so far as the objects are compared (Rom. 5:12, 19, 21). ajpovkeitai ] Vulg. statutum est. Death lies stored in the future, ‘laid up’ for each man: 2 Tim. 4:8; Col. 1:5.
meta; de; tou'to ...] and after this cometh judgment , not in immediate sequence of time, but in the development of personal being. The writer


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