Hebrews 9 — Verse 12 (Introduction)

From the comparison between the Tabernacle of old, and that of the High Priest of the new Covenant, there is a procedure in this verse to another, between his Sacerdotal actings and those of the High Priest under the Law. And whereas in the description of the Tabernacle and its especial services, the Apostle had insisted in a peculiar manner on the entrance of the High Priest every year into the most Holy Place, which was the most solemn and most mystical part of the Tabernacle-service; in the first place he gives an account of what answered thereunto in the Sacerdotal Administrations of Christ; and how much on all accounts, both of the Sacrifice, in the virtue whereof he entered into the most Holy Place, and of the Place itself whereinto he entered, and of the Time when it did in glory and efficacy excel that service of the High Priest under the Law.

[⟨in non-Latin alphabet⟩], Syr.[⟨in non-Latin alphabet⟩] By the blood of his own Soul or Life. He made his soul an offering for sin (Isaiah 53:3). Blood is the life of the Sacrifice. [⟨in non-Latin alphabet⟩]. Syr.[⟨in non-Latin alphabet⟩] one time; not many times, not once every year as they did under the Law. [⟨in non-Latin alphabet⟩], Syr.[⟨in non-Latin alphabet⟩] into the House of the Sanctuary; less properly; for by that expression the old Tabernacle is intended; but the Apostle respects Heaven itself; in Sancta, Sancta Sanctorum, Sacrarium. That which answers to the most Holy Place in the Tabernacle where was the Throne of God, the Ark, and Mercy-seat [⟨in non-Latin alphabet⟩]. Vul. aeterna Redemptione inventa; aeternam Redemptionem nactus; aeterna Redemptione acquisita; most properly, and according to the use of the word in all good Authors.