Need of Endurance

Need of Endurance

ταύρων καὶ τράγων] c. 9:12 f.; 19. The sacrifices of the Day of Atonement still suggest the general language. Comp. Ps. 50:13.

ἀφαιρεῖν ἁμ] Is. 1:16 ἀφέλετε τὰς πονηρίας ἀπὸ τῶν ψυχῶν (הָסִירוּ). Ex. 34:7, 34:9 ἀφελεῖς σὺ τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν (סָלַח). Lev. 10:17 ἵνα ἀφέλητε τὴν ἁμαρτίαν. Num. 14:18 ἀφαιρῶν ἀνομίας καὶ ἀδικίας καὶ ἁμαρτίας. Ecclus. 47:11 κύρ. ἀφεῖλε τὰς ἁμαὐτοῦ.

The phrase does not occur elsewhere in the N. T. except in a quotation: Rom. 11:27 ὅταν ἀφέλωμαι ἁμαρτίας (Is. 27:9 LXX.). It is not [unfrequented] in the LXX. The image appears to be that of the removal of a load bound upon the sinner. Compare Jer. 11:15; Zech. 3:4.

Contrast v. 11 περιελεῖν, both in form and tense.

The limited yet real power of the Levitical sacrifices has been [recognized] in c. 9:13.

Westcott, Brooke Foss, ed. The Epistle to the Hebrews the Greek Text with Notes and Essays. 3d ed. London: Macmillan, 1903. Print. Classic Commentaries on the Greek New Testament.