comp. Job xxii, 12 ; Ps. Ivii. 6 ; Prov. xxx. 4. — V. g.] Eph. i. 21, iv. 10. — y'evopsvof, made) Christ both was formerly higher than the heavens, and was made so afterwards ; comp. ysvo/j,&vo$, being made, ch. i. 4. We have the same force in the participle, rsrsAs/w^si/oi/, made perfect, at ver. 28.
27. Ou, not) The Negation has a double force, and is thus to be explained : He has no necessity to offer, 1. daily : 2. for His own sins also. Not daily, for He has done that once for all. Not for His own sins, for He offered Himself, a holy sacrifice. There is besides in it an inverted Chiasmus. The first follows from the second, the second is confirmed by the 28th verse. Often in Scripture two positions (theses) are laid down, and are proved by the yap, for, twice following them. — %a& ypspav, daily) xar eviavrbv, year by year, properly, ch. x. 3. The Hebrews speak of the day, instead of the day of expiation ; whence some translate xatf qpspav, on every day of expiation : but it retains here its usual meaning, so that there is as it were a kind of in dignant hyperbole (such as at ch. x. 1, tic, TO biqvtxtg, for ever), intimating that the high priest was of no more avail by offering yearly on a stated day, than if he had offered daily with the common priests, ch. ix. 6, 7. — ro\Jro) this is simply to be referred to His offering, not to His offering also for Himself. — Jpa^rag, once) Rom. vi. 10, note ; so below ch. ix, 12, x. 10.
28. 'O vopog yap' o \dyoc, ds, for the laiv : but the word) The an tithesis is very express, as the conjunction is put after the nouns. — 6 ">Jr/o$, the word) rendered as strong as possible in consequence of the oath. — r%g /ASTO, rbv VO/MV) Not only the word, but the oath of God, is said to have been given after the law (comp. v. 18) in the time of David, and that too by David, as GOD very often swears by the mouth of the prophets. Comp. Acts ii. 30, where Peter speaks of the kingdom of Christ sanctioned by an oath in that same age. Paul is reasoning from the order of revelations, as Gal. iii. 17, note. Below, ch. x. 7, 16. — Tibv) Son of GOD. The antithesis is, men having infirmity. — e/e rbv aluva, for ever) It is thus resolved : The Son (once made perfect) was constituted a priest for ever, ch. v. 9, 10, note. Absohite eternity is here intended. Jesus continues a priest for ever. His work being finished, His state remains.