pov βοήθειαν “for timely help’; assist- with Calvin, ‘‘ordinat ea quae ad Deum
ance in hours of temptation must be pertinent,” taking καθ. as middle. The timely or it is useless. For Bebe 0: word is in common use in classical
ii. 18; and for the whole verse, See writers. ‘‘ The customariness [implied Bishop Wilson’s Maxim: ‘The most in AapB. and καθ.] applies not to the dangerous ofall temptations is to believe, action of the individual member of the
that one can avoid or overcome them by class, but to that of the class asa whole”.
our own strength, and without asking Burton, M. and T., cxxiv. τὰ πρὸς τὸν
he help of God”. θεόν, “in things relating to God’; an CHAPTER V.—Ver. 1. Πᾶς γὰρ ἄρχιε- adverbial accusative as in Rom. xv. 17.
ρεὺς . . . yap introduces the ground of See Blass, Gram., p. 94; and cf. Exod.
the encouraging counsel of iv. 16, and xvili. 19, γίνου σὺ τῷ λαῷ τὰ πρὸς τὸν further confirms iv. 15. [But cf. Beza: θεόν. In all that relates to God the high **Itaque yap non tam est causalis quam _ priest must mediate for men; but he is inchoativa, ut loquuntur grammatici”’; appointed especially and primarily, ἵνα
and Westcott: ‘‘ the γάρ is explanatory προσφέρῃ . . . ἁμαρτιῶν, ‘that he may
‘and not directly argumentative ”.] The offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins”’. connection is: Come boldly tothe throne Were there no sins there would be no
of grace; let not sin daunt you, for priest. The fact that we are sinners,
ς every high priest is appointed for the therefore, should not daunt us, or prevent δν. very purpose of offering sacrifices for sin our using the intercession of the priest. “ἢ (cf. viii. 3). This he must do because he προσφέρειν, technical term, like our is appointed by God for this purpose, ‘offer’; not so used in the classics.
and he does it readily and heartily be- δῶρά τε καὶ θυσίας, the same combina- cause his own subjection to weakness tion is found in viii. 3 and ix. 9 with the “gives him sympathy. πᾶς ἀἄρχιερ. same conjunctions. Δῶρα as well as
Λ “Every high priest,” primarily, every θυσίαι include all kinds of sacrifices and \\high priest, known to you, or every or- offerings. Thus in Lev. i. passim, cf. ares Leviticalhigh priest. There isno ver. 3: ἐὰν ὁλοκαύτωμα τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ. eed to extend the reference, as Peirce It is best, therefore, to construe ὑπὲρ does, to “" others who were not of that ἅμαρτ. with προσφέρειν and not with order”. ἐξ ἀνθρώπων λαμβανόμενος, θυσίας; cf. ver. 3 and x. 12. So Bleek “being taken from among men,’ not, and Weiss against Grotius and others; “who is taken from etc.,” as if defining e.g., Westcott, who says: “ The clause:
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