Who can bear gently (μετριοπαθειν δυναμενος). Present active infinitive of the late verb μετριοπαθεω (μετριος, moderate, πατεω, to…

Who can have compassion. A marginal note reads: Reasonably bear with. The idea is that of sympathizing with. The high pr…

Who can have compassion.—Rather, as one who can deal gently with (or, more strictly, feel gently towards) th…

For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sin…

“Deal gently with” (GK 3584) is not easy to translate; it refers to taking the middle course between apathy and anger. A true high priest is not in…

Who can, etc. This fourth point has some affinity to the first, yet it may be distinguished from it. For the Apostle pre…

Who can have compassion on the ignorant
Who have committed sins of ignorance, and bring their sacrifices for them; t…

The High Priest must be a man, a partaker of our nature. This shows that man had sinned, for God would not allow sinful man to come to him alone. B…

As we said at the beginning of this letter, the Apostle’s intention is to show that Christ is more excellent than all those from whom the Law deriv…