Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Hebrews 9:22 - 9:22

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Hebrews 9:22 - 9:22


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22. σχεδὸν … πάντα. There were a few exceptions (Exo 19:10; Lev 5:11-13; Lev 15:5; Lev 16:26. &c.). The word σχεδὸν, “almost,” is only found in two other passages of the N. T. (Act 13:44; Act 19:26).

χωρὶς αἱματεκχυσίας. “Without shedding of blood.” This, and not “pouring out of blood” at the foot of the altar (Exo 29:16, &c.), is undoubtedly the true rendering. Comp. Lev 17:11; Luk 22:20. The Rabbis have a proverb, “no expiation except by blood.” (Yoma, f. 5. 1; Menachoth, f. 93. 2.) The writer merely mentions this as a revealed fact: he does not attempt to construct any theory to account for the necessity.