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In that he saith (en tōi legein). Locative case of the articular present active infinitive of legō, “in the saying as to him.”
He hath made the first old (pepalaiōken tēn prōtēn). Perfect active indicative of palaioō, old verb from palaios (in contrast with kainos, fresh, new), to treat as old and out of date. The conclusion is to the point.
That which is becoming old and waxeth aged (to palaioumenon kai gēraskon). Gēraskō is old verb from gēras (age) like gerōn (old man) and refers to the decay of old age so that both ideas appear here in opposition to kainos (palaios) and neos (geraios).
Is nigh unto vanishing away (eggus aphanismou). Genitive case with eggus and late word for disappearance (from aphanizō, Mat 6:19), here only in the N.T. The author writes as if the Old Testament legal and ceremonial system were about to vanish before the new covenant of grace. If he wrote after a.d. 70, would he not have written “has vanished away”?