But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;

Ver. 12. But this man] Opposed to the plurality of Levitical priests. One sacrifice, and once for ever, not many and often, as they. And he sat down, when as they stood daily offering oftentimes. Note the antithesis, and Christ's precellency.

On the right hand of God] Which he could not have done if he had not expiated our sins. John 16:10, "Of righteousness, because I go to my Father." He could not have gone to his Father if he had not first fulfilled all righteousness, and fully acquitted us of all our iniquities.

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