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happened, whether also the tabernacle, since they formerly had this in the place of the temple; for they likewise called both that a temple, as if God were present in it, and the one later from Solomon. And it is possible to learn this clearly from the first book of Kingdoms, which says: *And Samuel slept in the temple of the Lord where the ark of God was,* when the temple had not yet been built by Solomon. And just as, when commanding Moses to construct the tabernacle as a symbol of the cosmos according to a certain type, God ordered him to make an enclosure from the curtains, divided in the middle by another; so also the temple was later made according to the same type. Hebr 9,28 Now, he says, having appeared when it happened that sin held sway, he necessarily accepted the death that held sway on account of sin, but then, since sin has likely been abolished, it is necessary for him also to appear without suffering; for "without sin" says this: that since sin no longer holds sway, so also he himself will then appear beyond all human passion.

Hebr 10,5 These things were said by those in Babylon wishing to say to God that "you did not require sacrifices of me but only to obey you and to do your will; and straightway the matters of the return were then doubtless to me." Therefore, having adapted it as from the person of Christ, he speaks thus, saying, instead of "ears," "a body you have prepared for me." Hebr 10,26-27 It is necessary for those who have turned here from better things to worse, when they have risen, to be given over then to punishment, not admitting of repentance at that time. For neither does it abolish repentance in the present life, but by the fact that there is no forgiveness then to be received by the one who has persisted here in stumbling and who has accepted no perception for his stumbling, performing every sin with a certain irrationality and with great pleasure.

210 Hebr 11,1-2 The question concerning faith, especially among the Jews, knowing from a certain sequence, he has used many proofs concerning it. For they put forward the law and the justification from its works, but these put forward faith, saying this: that even if someone is involved in countless evils, by believing only in Christ he receives a swift deliverance from all, being deemed worthy of the justification from him. Whence having defined it, both so as to make it fit with what was said before, and so as to be able to show it more clearly appearing among all the virtuous and ancient men, he adds: "for in this the elders were commended." Hebr 11,19 He received accordingly to his own faith; for having believed in the resurrection, he received him back as dead through certain symbols. For to have been in great expectation of death and to have suffered nothing was a symbol of him who would truly be resurrected, insofar as, having tasted death for a short time, he rose, having suffered nothing from death. Therefore "in a figure" is instead of "in symbols."

Hebr 12,1 He did not simply say that the time of recompense is one for all—for this was not his subject—but so that he might show that although they had done so many things, and had suffered so many things through faith, they nevertheless still await the reward of the things promised, not being displeased, if indeed they are to receive it with us who are later, which showed their patience to be greater, if indeed even after death they still await those who ought to contend in the same way as them, so as to obtain with them the enjoyment of good things. And here he speaks of "witnesses," not of those who have suffered, but of those who bear witness to the faith.

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συνέβαινεν, εἴτε καὶ τὴν σκηνήν, ἐπειδὴ ταύτην ἐν τάξει τοῦ ναοῦ πρότερον εἶχον· ὁμοίως γὰρ ἐκείνην τε ναὸν ἐκάλουν ὡς ἂν ἐν αὐτῇ τοῦ θεοῦ τυγχάνοντος, καὶ τὸν παρὰ τοῦ Σολομῶντος ὕστερον. καὶ τοῦτο μαθεῖν ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης τῶν Βασιλειῶν ἔνεστι σαφῶς λεγούσης· καὶ Σαμουὴλ ἐκάθευδεν ἐν τῷ ναῷ τοῦ κυρίου οὗ ἦν ἡ κιβωτὸς τοῦ θεοῦ, μήπω τοῦ ναοῦ ὑπὸ Σολομῶντος οἰκοδομηθέντος. ὥσπερ δὲ σύμβολον τοῦ κόσμου κατασκευάσαι κατά τινα τύπον τὴν σκηνὴν τῷ Μωϋσεῖ κελεύων, ὁ θεὸς προσέταξεν αὐτῷ περίβολον ποιῆσαι ἀπὸ τῶν καταπετασμάτων μέσῳ διειλημμένον ἑτέρῳ· οὕτω δὲ καὶ ὁ ναὸς κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν ὕστερον ἐγένετο τύπον. Hebr 9,28 Νῦν, φησίν, ὀφθείς, ὅτε τὴν ἁμαρτίαν κρατεῖν συνέβαινεν, ἀναγκαίως τὸν διὰ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν κρατοῦντα θάνατον ἐδέξατο, τότε δὲ τῆς ἁμαρτίας ὡς εἰκὸς λελυμένης, ἀνάγκη καὶ αὐτὸν ἀπαθῶς ὀφθῆναι· τὸ γὰρ χωρὶς ἁμαρτίας τοῦτο λέγει ὅτι μὴ κρατούσης ἔτι τῆς ἁμαρτίας, οὕτω καὶ αὐτὸς ἔξω παντὸς ἀνθρωπίνου πάθους ὀφθήσεται τότε.

Hebr 10,5 Ταῦτα εἴρηται μὲν τοῖς ἐν Βαβυλῶνι πρὸς τὸν θεὸν βουλομένοις

εἰπεῖν ὅτι θυσίας με οὐκ ἀπῄτησας ἀλλὰ μόνον τὸ ὑπακούειν σου καὶ τὸ θέλημά σου ποιεῖν· καὶ εὐθύ μοι τὰ τῆς ἐπανόδου λοιπὸν ἀναμφίβολα ἦν. μεταλλάξας οὖν αὐτὴν ὡς ἐκ προσώπου τοῦ Χριστοῦ ταύτῃ φησίν, ἀντὶ τοῦ ὠτία, σῶμα, εἰπών, κατηρτίσω μοι. Hebr 10,26-27 Ἀνάγκη τοὺς ἐνταῦθα πρὸς τὰ χείρω μεταστάντας ἀπὸ τῶν κρειττόνων, ἀναστάντας τῇ κολάσει παραδοθῆναι λοιπόν, οὐκ ἐπιδεχομένους τότε μετάνοιαν. οὐδὲ γὰρ ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος βίου τὴν μετάνοιαν ἀναιρεῖ, ἀλλὰ τῷ μὴ εἶναι τότε συγχώρησιν λαβεῖν τὸν ἐπὶ τῷ πταίειν ἐνταῦθα μεμενηκότα καὶ μηδεμίαν ἐπὶ τὸ πταίειν δεξάμενον αἴσθησιν, ἀλογίᾳ τινὶ μετὰ πολλῆς ἡδονῆς ἅπαν ἐπιτελοῦντα ἁμάρτημα.

210 Hebr 11,1-2 Τὸ περὶ τῆς πίστεως ζητούμενον παρὰ Ἰουδαίοις μάλιστα

εἰδὼς ἀπό τινος ἀκολουθίας, πολλαῖς ταῖς περὶ αὐτοῦ κέχρηται ἀποδείξεσιν. ἐκεῖνοι μὲν γὰρ προεβάλοντο τὸν νόμον καὶ τὴν ἐκ τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ δικαίωσιν, οὗτοι δὲ τὴν πίστιν, τοῦτο λέγοντες ὅτι κἂν μυρίοις τις ἐνέχηται κακοῖς, πιστεύσας μόνον τῷ Χριστῷ σύντομον ἁπάντων δέχεται· τὴν ἀπαλλαγήν, τῆς παρ' αὐτοῦ δικαιώσεως ἀξιούμενος. ὅθεν ὁρισάμενος αὐτήν, ὁμοῦ μὲν ὥστε οἰκειῶσαι τοῖς προειρημένοις, ὁμοῦ δὲ ὥστε καὶ μᾶλλον αὐτὴν δυνηθῆναι δεῖξαι παρὰ πᾶσι φαινομένην τοῖς ἐναρέτοις καὶ παλαιοῖς ἀνδράσιν, ἐπάγει· ἐν ταύτῃ γὰρ ἐμαρτυρήθησαν οἱ πρεσβύτεροι. Hebr 11,19 Ἀκολούθως ἔτυχε τῇ ἑαυτοῦ πίστει· τῇ γὰρ ἀναστάσει πιστεύσας διὰ συμβόλων τινῶν ἀποθανόντα αὐτὸν ἐκομίσατο. τὸ γὰρ ἐν πολλῇ τοῦ θανάτου προσδοκίᾳ γενόμενον μηδὲν παθεῖν, τοῦ ἀληθῶς ἀναστησομένου σύμβολον ἦν, ὅσον τοῦ θανάτου πρὸς βραχὺ γευσάμενος ἀνέστη μηδὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ θανάτου παθών. τὸ γοῦν ἐν παραβολῇ ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐν συμβόλοις.

Hebr 12,1 Οὐχ ἁπλῶς εἶπεν ὅτι εἷς πᾶσι τῆς ἀνταποδόσεως καιρόςοὐ γὰρ

τοῦτο ἦν αὐτῷ προκείμενονἀλλ' ἵνα δείξῃ ὅτι καὶ τοσαῦτα μὲν πεποιηκότες, τοσαῦτα δὲ καὶ πεπονθότες διὰ πίστεως, ὅμως ἔτι περιμένουσι τῶν ἐπαγγελθέντων τὴν ἀπόδοσιν, οὐ δυσχεραίνοντες, εἴ γε μεθ' ἡμῶν κομιοῦνται τῶν ὑστέρων, ὅπερ τὴν ὑπομονὴν αὐτῶν ἐδείκνυ μείζονα, εἴπερ δὴ καὶ μετὰ θάνατον ἔτι περιμένουσι τοὺς ἀγωνίσασθαι ὁμοίως αὐτοῖς ὀφείλοντας ὥστε μετ' ἐκείνων τυχεῖν τῆς τῶν καλῶν ἀπολαύσεως. μαρτύρων δὲ ἐνταῦθα οὐ τῶν πεπονθότων λέγει, ἀλλὰ τῶν μαρτυρούντων πρὸς τὴν πίστιν.