not either acknowledged Him, He is at that time Coming (6 spysopsvoc, The Comer). Let us suppose the arrival of a guest, the intimate friend of the father of the family, but unknown to the family. The father of the family will think, A brother RETURNS ; whereas in the family it will be said, A guest is COMING. — 6p07j<rwa/, He will be seen) in His glory. — dTsjtds^o^si/o/g, to them that look for Him) The dative of advantage. The unrighteous also will see Him, but not for salvation. To them that look for Him, He will be the Saviour, Phil. iii. 20. — sis aurripiav, unto salvation) and therefore to set us free from condemnation.
1. 2%iav, shadow) The antithesis is etxova, image. — avrqv rqv
the very image) the archetype, the original and solid image, ch. ix. 24, note. The shadow,1 although it was the pre lude of future events, did not however precede, as in a picture, but followed a little after. See by all means ch. viii. 5. — y.ur eviavrbv, yearly) This refers to the whole sentence to the end of the verse. — ra?£ ai»ra/£, with the same) the same, not in the num ber, but in the kind of sacrifices. — as irpo0<p'epov<riv s/g rb di^vs^g, which they offer continually) offer, viz. those who offer, who draw near and perform the service. They offer for ever ; that is, they do not cease to offer, nor will they cease, unless they be com pelled. — oudswore dvvarai, never can) So. ver. 11.
2. 'Eve}) So, altogether, ITS/, with an interrogation, in ch. ix. 17, note.
3. 'Ev aura/;, in those) sacrifices. — di/d/^tr/s, a remembrance) public ; comp. ver. 17. — a^apriuv, of sins) viz. those of the last year, and of all years. The day of expiation was not on that day on which Christ was crucified, but on the tenth day of Tisri, of which see Ord. Temp., p. 22. The forgetting [the "re membering no more"] of sins is opposed to this admonitory re-
1 Used here of the first outline or sketch drawn, preparatory to a paint ing. — ED.