Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Hebrews 13:20 - 13:20

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Hebrews 13:20 - 13:20


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20. θεὸς τῆς εἰρήνης. The phrase is frequent in St Paul (1Th 5:23; 2Th 3:16; Rom 15:33; Rom 16:20; Php 4:9).

ὁ ἀναγαγών. Among many allusions to the Ascension and Glorification of Christ this is the only direct allusion in the Epistle to His Resurrection (but comp. Heb 6:2, Heb 11:35). The verb ἀνήγαγεν may be “raised again” rather than “brought up,” though there may be a reminiscence of “the shepherd” (Moses) who “brought up” his people from the sea in Isa 63:11.

ἐν αἵματι κ.τ.λ. “By virtue of (lit. “in”) the blood of an eternal covenant.” The expression finds its full explanation in Heb 9:15-18. Others connect it with “the Great Shepherd.” He became the Great Shepherd by means of His blood. So in Act 20:28 we have “to shepherd the Church of God, which He purchased for Himself by means of His own blood.” A similar phrase occurs in Zec 9:11, “By (or “because of”) the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit.”