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Heb_6:20. Close of the digression made from v. 11 onwards, and apt return to v. 10.
ὅπου ] whither. Inexact, as Luk_9:57, Joh_8:21 f., and often, instead of the ὅποι , which is never used in the N. T. (see Winer, Gramm., 7 Aufl. p. 439); yet more significant than the latter, since it contains, in addition to the notion of having entered, the additional notion of remaining.
πρόδρομος ] as harbinger. The expression, in the N. T. only here, characterizes Christ as the first member in a series, thus glances at the fact that those who believe in Him shall attain to the Most Holy Place. Comp. Joh_14:2-3.
ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ] in our interest, or for our eternal welfare, namely, to obtain pardon for us (Heb_9:12), to represent us in the presence of God (Heb_9:24), and to open up for us an entrance into heaven itself (Heb_10:19 f.). ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν is to be construed, not with πρόδρομος (Heinrichs, Böhme, Tholuck, Ebrard, and others), but (as already the Peshito) with εἰσῆλθεν .
In that which follows the emphasis rests upon κατὰ τὴν τάξιν Μελχισεδέκ (Böhme, Delitzsch, Alford, Maier, Hofmann), which on that account is preposed; not upon εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα (Bleek, Woerner), which latter, on the contrary, as an additional note of definition is derived only from the κατὰ τὴν τάξιν Μελχις .