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Heb_7:25. Ὅθεν ] Wherefore, sc. because His priesthood is an everlasting one.
καί ] also, represents the statement, Heb_7:25, as being the natural effect of the ἀπαράβατον ἔχειν τὴν ἱερωσύνην , Heb_7:24, as its cause.
εἰς τὸ παντελές ] means: perfectly, completely, entirely (comp. Luk_13:11), and combines with σώζειν in one idea. Theodoret: αὐτὸν γὰρ σώζειν ἡμᾶς εἴρηκεν καὶ τελείαν σωτηρίαν παρέχειν . The meaning: in perpetuum, attached to the word by the Peshito, the Vulgate, Chrysostom ( οὐ πρὸς τὸ παρὸν μόνον , φησίν , ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐκεῖ ἐν τῇ μελλούσῃ ζωῇ ), Oecumenius, Theophylact, Luther, Calvin, Schlichting, Grotius, Heinrichs, Schulz, Stein, Stengel, and others, in joining it either with σώζειν or with δύναται , is in accordance neither with the etymology nor the usage (instances in Bleek), but arises only from the connection, and is consequently to be rejected.
σώζειν ] save, embraces the deliverance from the misery of sin and its consequences, and, on the other hand, the communication of everlasting blessedness. Too restricted, Hofmann: the answering of prayer, and deliverance out of every assault.
τοὺς προσερχομένους διʼ αὐτοῦ τῷ θεῷ ] those who through Him, i.e. through faith in Him, draw near to God.
πάντοτε ζῶν εἰς τὸ ἐντυγχάνειν ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν ] seeing that He evermore lives, to make intercession for them (Rom_8:26-27; Rom_8:34), or to represent them (sc. in the presence of God). More precise unfolding of the notion already lying in ὅθεν .
Similarly for the rest does Philo, too, ascribe to his Logos an intercession with God. Comp. Vit. Mos. iii. p. 673 C (with Mangey, II. p. 155): Ἀναγκαῖον γὰρ ἦν τὸν ἱερωμένον τῷ τοῦ κόσμου πατρί , παρακλήτῳ χρῆσθαι τελειοτάτῳ τὴν ἀρετὴν υἱῷ , πρός τε ἀμνηστίαν ἁμαρτημάτων καὶ χορηγίαν ἀφθονωτάτων ἀγαθῶν .
Quis rer. div. haer. 42, p. 509 B (with Mangey, I. p. 501): Ὁ δʼ αὐτὸς ἱκέτης μέν ἐστι τοῦ θνητοῦ , κηραίνοντος ἀεί , πρὸς τὸ ἄφθαρτον .