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Heb 9:9. Ἥτις παραβολὴ, which is a figure) ἥτις for ὅ, before the feminine, παραβολὴ. This relative has regard to the three preceding verses.-ἐνεστηκότα) present, in respect of that standing. The standing, emphatically as such, now no longer existed, although ἡ σκηνὴ, the tabernacle, was not yet broken up, was not yet destroyed, was not yet razed to the foundation. The antithesis is, μελλόντων, of things to come, Heb 9:11.-δῶρά τε καὶ θυσίαι μὴ δυναμεναι, κ.τ.λ., gifts and sacrifices not able, etc.) The victims (sacrifices) might seem to be more efficacious than the other gifts: therefore with great elegance the efficacy is more expressly withheld from the sacrifices [by δυνάμεναι being made agree with θυσίαι, not δῶρα].-συνείδησιν, conscience) The same word occurs, ch. Heb 10:2; Heb 10:22. The antithesis is σαρκὸς, of the flesh, Heb 9:10, as Heb 9:13-14 [1Pe 3:21].-τὸν λατρεύοντα, him that did the service) the priest, who offered for himself; or the Israelite, for whom the priest offered.