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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Hebrews 5:3

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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by reason hereof--"on account of this" infirmity. he ought . . . also for himself, to offer for sins--the Levitical priest ought; in this our High Priest is superior to the Levitical. The second "for" is a different Greek term from the first; "in behalf of the people . . . on account of sins."
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