tlie things concerned, from which the wisdom of the apostle in fers t\\e first and second, TK, (ver. 9) ; comp. /Agra, after, ch. vii. 28, note. Let this TK be the terminus (the point of boundary between the Old and New Testament). Paul also puts, in the first place, the general word of the LXX., g/Vov, then one more significant, g/'^/tfv ; whence it is evident, that Xgywv, saying, is of the imperfect tense [when He said, or was saying]. But ob serve how great authority the Psalms possess. The oath of Jehovah was given at the very time when Ps. ex. was written. The solemn invitation was issued to the people when Psalm xcv. was written ; ch. iv. 7 ; Heb. vii. 28, note. The declara tion of the Son was made when Ps. ii. was written ; Acts xiii. 33, note. So, the Messiah promised to GOD that He would do His will, at the time when Ps. xl. was written. This hand writing, which David executed, is opposed to the law written by Moses ; ver. 8, at the end. Wherefore Christ always ap pealed with the greatest force to the Scriptures, and especially at the beginning of His passion — Kara rov vopov, according to the law) The strong argument by which that very point which is asserted in ver. 1 is proved from the psalm.
9. "lea) A powerful particle ; that He may forthwith and in consequence establish the second. — crfay, may establish) with the highest authority, as it were, by His own hand-writing. From farrifLi comes <tr&<sts, ch. ix. 8, with the same idea.
10. 'EC w QsXyij&ari) in or by which will of GOD, which has been accomplished and fully satisfied by Christ and His sacrifice. Does not this well deserve to be called a satisfaction or atone- ment? — fyiaffpevoi, sanctified) The same word occurs, ver. 14, 29, ch. xiii. 12, ii. 11. — <rw//,aro£, of the body) ver. 5.
1 12. OUT-OS) So ch. iii. 3. Others read alrog by an easy allite ration.2 — piav, one) The antithesis is, the same sacrifices often, ver. 11. — s/g TO <3/?ji/g;cg£, continually) The offering of Christ, once for all made, will continue the one and only oblation for ever : no other will supersede it. — !xa$/<rgv, sat down) The antithesis is
1 Ver. 11. TT&S ttp&St every priest) especially every high priest. — V. g.
2 The older Ed. had preferred otvrog, but the margin of the 2d Ed. and the Germ. Vers. agree with the Gnomon.— E. B.
ACD( A) corrected /Vulg. read OVTOS : and so Laehm. Tisch., with no good authority, reads etinro;, as Rec. Text. — ED.