on the earth, He would not even be [in the true sense] a priest at all. Christ, whilst He discharged the duties of the priesthood, entered into heaven. — ovruv) inasmuch as there were already at the time priests existing.
5. ' TKodsiyftan -/.at ffxia) A Hendyadys. The latter is added, lest the former should be understood in too august a sense: each is repeated apart, chap. ix. 23, x. 1. But it is the ablative in this passage, after the example and shadow. So woSs/y^ar/, ch. iv. 11. — Xarpguoutf/j serve) The same verb, ch. ix., often ; x. 2, xiii. 10. Pie speaks in the present tense, as the temple was not yet destroyed, ch. ix. 6, xiii. 11. — ruv snovpaviuv, of heavenly things) which are both more ancient in design and more far-reaching in the finishing. Comp. Rev. xi. 19. The mentioning of the mount accords with heaven. — Ks^pyj/u^ariffrai) he was commanded by God. — opa, yap pqffi, vror/jffpg ndvra Kara rbv rucroi/ rov dsi^Q'svra ffoi Iv ru> opsi) Ex. xxv. 40, LXX., is the same as the above, with the excep tion of rov ded'ciy/usvw instead of rbv dn^svra, and so ibid. ver. 9, xxvi. 30, xxvii. 8.
6. NUJ//, now) This is opposed to the s], if, ver. 4. — lr£nv^s) The same phrase is found, 3 Mac. v. 32, (Soqdsias r&rsu^orsg. — coy, by how much) The character of the duty [of Christ as our mediating Priest] follows the nature of the testament, viz. that the promises, which it contains, may come to their accomplish ment. — diKdTjXTjt; 'j^Girr^ — l<7rayyz7Jatc, vsvo/toQsrrirai) These are all Pan? s expressions, 1 Tim. ii. 5 ; Rom. ix. 4. — s^ayyi/Jaig, on promises) which are enumerated, ver. 10, 11. The old promises, considered in precise strictness, referred to the things of this life, and they were exactly fulfilled, so that the people, being satiated with them, might then the more eagerly embrace the heavenly promises. — vsvo/^odsr^rai) By an elegant difference in the words it is said of the Old Testament, 6 Xabg vsvof&oderriro, the people was established in the lain, ch. vii. 11 ; but the New Testament itself vsvo/AoQ&rqrai, has been established on the law. Man violates it : God keeps it.2 The Greek word, vevoftoQ'erqrai, does not admit the particle, as if; and yet the meaning is durch ein Gesetz, or durch Gesetze, ver. 10, v6/&og, a laic, a thing established.
1 AtetQopwripetst ^ore excellent) heavenly. — V. g.
2 This is the reason of the difference in the wording here and ch. vii. 11. —ED.