16. nportpxwpeQa, let us draw near) The same word occurs, ch. vii. 25, x. 1, 22, xi. 6, xii. 18, 22 : in like manner, eyyifyiv, ch. vii. 19 : eissp^e&ai, ch. vi. 19 : e"co8o$, ch. x. 19. So Paul also, Rom. v. 2, xpoaayuyri. — ru fyovu, to the throne) ch. viii. 1, xii. 2 ; Is. xvi. 5. — r^s ^dpirog, of grace) This word is also of frequent occurrence in this epistle. — Xafiupzv, K.T.\.) The mercy of Christ being shown, is obtained (is taken, Xa/Sw/^sv) : and farther, the grace of God is found (svpupsv). The appropriate verb is put before the one noun, and put after the other : Chiasmus.1 — sXiov, mercy) This refers to touched with a fellow- feeling. — %ap/i/, grace) This refers to of grace. — euxa/f»ov, in the needful time, seasonable) Believers do not feel at once the pre-
1 See Append.
parations of grace made for a long time to come ; l but when the time comes, they find it present with them ; and this seasonableness especially falls on the times of the New Testa ment, Rom. iii. 26, v. 6, and under it on the times of persecu tion (the cross). — fioqfaiav, help) ch. ii. 18.
1. Tlac) Every priest of the house of Levi. An antithesis to Christ ; for the apostle is speaking of the Levitical priesthood, ver. 1-3 : and the Apodosis is not added, because it is included (contained virtually) in the antecedent observations. But in ver. 4, there is a Protasis in a new part of the comparison with the Apodosis subsequently following it. This is the sum. Whatever is excellent in the Levitical priests, that is in Christ, and indeed in a more eminent degree ; whatever is defective in them, that however is also in Christ. — s% avQpuvuv >.a/A/3avo'//-£i/og, taken from among men) A part of the predicate. Before they were taken, they were evidently of the same condition.— ucrsp, for) from among men, for men, an elegant (neat) expression. —
is ordained) The present ; is usually ordained. — rn rov &ebv, in things pertaining to God) So the LXX., Deut. xxxi. 27. — dupaj gifts) referring to things without life. — Qvffias Imp apapnuv, sacrifices for sin) consisting of animals.
2. Msrp/ocra0g/i/, To have a feeling of moderation [have compas sion^) Hesycllius, {AtrpiovaQyig, ftiKpa ftdff^uv YI ffvyytvuffxuv srfisixug. To ftsrpov, moderation is opposed to severity and rigour, which are shown towards none but the obstinate ; ch. x. 28. — duvdpevos, who is able) who does not please Himself; comp. Rom. xv. 3. — ayvooixsi xai ffljxwft'evoif, to the ignorant and them that are out of the way [in error]) those that sin through ignorance and error: iW, LXX., dyi/oe/v, to be ignorant. Simple ignorance is merely want of attention and memory ; but error (being out of
1 A supply of grace is in store for believers against all future needs : but believers are not permitted to know and feel it all at once, but only accord ing as the need arises. — ED.