I may almost say (σχεδον). Old adverb, only three times in the N.T., here, Acts 13:44; 19:26. Here it qualifies the ent…

And almost all things. It is a general custom to purify everything by blood. This rule was not universal, for some things were purified by…

And almost all things.—The meaning of the word “almost,” as it stands in the Greek, is rather, “One may almost lay down the rule,”…

Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service per…

Cleansing, then, meant blood, though the qualification “nearly everything” shows that the author is well aware that there were exceptions. Thus the…

And almost all things, etc. By saying almost, he seems to imply that some things were purified in other ways. And undoubtedly, th…

And almost all things are by the law purged with blood ,
&c.] All "except a few things", as the Arabic version rende…

The solemn transactions between God and humankind are sometimes called a covenant; in this specific context, it is a testament. A testament is a pe…

Having explained events in the Old Testament and revealed their mystical meaning, the Apostle now uses these facts to prove his thesis: namely, tha…