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2281 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1107.10 (Matthew Henry)
… a legal, but evangelical righteousness: The righteousness which is of God by faith, ordained and appointed of God.” The Lord Jesus Christ is the Lord our righteousness …
2282 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1110.17 (Matthew Henry)
… a legal discharge from the hand-writing of ordinances, which was against us ( Colossians 2:14 ), which may be understood, 1. Of that obligation to punishment in …
2283 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1131.29 (Matthew Henry)
… from legal observances, and the evil and mischief of a Jewish spirit under the Christian dispensation in the Titus 1:15, 1:16. To good Christians that are sound …
2284 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1135.1 (Matthew Henry)
… and legal dispensation; and the excellency of the gospel above that of the law is asserted and proved, Hebrews 1:1-1:3. II. Between the glory of Christ and that …
2285 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1136.2 (Matthew Henry)
… the legal, he now comes to apply this doctrine both by way of exhortation and argument.
2286 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1136.32 (Matthew Henry)
… . The legal sacrifices and offerings God could not accept as propitiation. A body was prepared for Christ, and he said, Lo! I come, I delight to do thy will .
2287 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1139.11 (Matthew Henry)
… it legally; if any does it, he must be reckoned a usurper, and treated accordingly. Here observe, 1. The office of the priesthood was a very great honour. To be employed …
2288 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1143.7 (Matthew Henry)
… the legal high priest had offered for himself, he must not stop there, but must also offer for the errors of the people. Our high priest, though he needs not to …
2289 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1143.8 (Matthew Henry)
… and legal economy, comprehending both place and worship. The scriptures of the Old Testament were given by inspiration of God; holy men of old spoke and wrote …
2290 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1143.13 (Matthew Henry)
… all legal high priests ( Hebrews 9:11, 9:12 ), and he illustrates it very fully. For,
2291 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1143.18 (Matthew Henry)
… the legal sacrifices extended to the purifying of the flesh ( Hebrews 9:13 ): it freed the outward man from ceremonial uncleanness and from temporal punishment …
2292 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1143.22 (Matthew Henry)
… the legal purifications of the patterns of the things in heaven, inferring thence the necessity of better sacrifices to consecrate the heavenly things …
2293 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1143.24 (Matthew Henry)
… the legal sacrifices, and the efficacy of Christ’s sacrifice. The legal sacrifices could not of themselves put away sin, neither procure pardon for it now …
2294 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1144.5 (Matthew Henry)
… . The legal sacrifices, being offered year by year, could never make the comers thereunto perfect; for then there would have been an end of offering them, Hebrews …
2295 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1144.6 (Matthew Henry)
… the legal sacrifices did not of themselves take away sin, so it was impossible they should, Hebrews 10:4. There was an essential defect in them. 1. They were not …
2296 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1144.7 (Matthew Henry)
… these legal sacrifices would be no longer accepted by him nor useful to men. God never did desire them for themselves, and now he abrogated them; and therefore …
2297 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1152.5 (Matthew Henry)
… act legally indeed, they condemn before they kill; but unjust prosecutions, whatever colour of law they may carry in them, will come into the reckoning when …
2298 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1153.8 (Matthew Henry)
… . The legal or typical sanctification operated no further than the purifying of the flesh, but the Christian dispensation takes effect upon the spirit of …
2299 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1153.9 (Matthew Henry)
… the legal sacrifices, was not only shed, but must be sprinkled and communicated to every one of these elect Christians, that through faith in his blood they …
2300 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1154.22 (Matthew Henry)
1. The duty required is submission, which comprises loyalty and reverence to their persons, obedience to their just laws and commands, and subjection to legal penalties.