CHARACTER-FITNESS FOR HIGH-PRIESTLY WORK
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
THE writer now fixes attention on the high-priesthood, shows what are
its characteristic and essential features, and makes comparisons with,
and in part contrasts with, the high-priesthood of Christ. His points
are:
1. The p... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
Hebrews 5:11. HARD TO BE UTTERED.—R.V. “hard of interpretation.”
But the difficulty was mainly due to the spiritual incapacity of those
to whom the epistle was written. DULL OF HEARING.—Not of listening,
but of apprehending.
Hebrews 5:12. FIRST PRINCIPLES.—Rudiments... [ Continue Reading ]