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Heb 7:19. Οὐδὲν ἐτλείωσεν ὁ νόμος, the law made nothing perfect) Paul speaks much in the same way of the powerlessness (τὸ ἀδύνατον) of the law, in that it was weak through the flesh, Rom 8:3.-ἐπεισαγωγὴ) properly, the bringing in afterwards [superintroductio]. It is construed with γίνεται, takes place, Heb 7:18, [-in the psalm, to wit.-V. g.] The antithesis is manifest: a disannulling indeed, but the bringing in. Ἐπὶ in ἐπεισαγωγὴ is opposed to the πρὸ in προαγούσης, and is the same as μετὰ, after, Heb 7:28.-κρείττονος, of a better) that is, not weak and unprofitable. The epithet, κρείττων, often occurs in this epistle, as well as αἰώνιος, ἀληθινὸς, δεύτερος, διαφορώτερος, ἓτερος, ζῶν, καινὸς, μέλλων, νέος, πρόσφατος, τέλειος.-ἐγγίζομεν, we draw near) This is true τελείωσις, perfection.