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Therefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered outside of the gate.
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A Prophetic Location
Commentators unanimously explain that Jesus suffering "without the gate" of Jerusalem was a direct fulfillment of Old Testament law. On the Day of Atonement, the sacrificial animal's body was taken "outside the camp" to be burned. Jesus, as the ultimate sacrifice, fulfilled this prophetic type, demonstrating God's meticulous plan of salvation.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood. This was so that there might be a conformity between his death…
Wherefore Jesus also (διο κα Ιησους). The parallel is drawn between the O.T. ritual and the better sacrifice of Jesus already disc…
19th Century
Anglican
The sin-offering was burned without the camp. Jesus, who in all other points fulfilled the law of atonement, fulfilled it in this point al…
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Baptist
For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. Wherefore Je…
The author moves from the general idea of serving the altar to a specific example, one most likely taken from the Day of Atonement ceremonies. On t…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Wherefore Jesus also In order to answer the type of him;
that he might sanctify the people with h…
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The instructions and examples of ministers who honorably and comfortably concluded their testimony should be particularly remembered by survivors. …
13th Century
Catholic
After exhorting them to follow the example and way of life of those who have departed, the Apostle now warns them to continue in their teaching. In…
