12. Wherefore Jesus--In order that the Antitype might fulfil the
type.
sanctify--Though not brought into the temple "sanctuary"
(Heb 13:11)
His blood has been brought into the heavenly sanctuary, and "sanctifies
the people"
(Heb 2:11, 17),
by cleansing them from sin, and consecrating them to God.
his own--not blood of animals.
without the gate--of Jerusalem; as if unworthy of the society of
the covenant-people. The fiery ordeal of His suffering on the
cross, answers to the burning of the victims; thereby His mere
fleshly life was completely destroyed, as their bodies were; the second
part of His offering was His carrying His blood into the heavenly
holiest before God at His ascension, that it should be a perpetual
atonement for the world's sin.
JFB.
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