For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
S'il était sur la terre, il ne serait pas même sacrificateur, puisque là sont ceux qui présentent les offrandes selon la loi
KJV
For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
as no suitable cause for the ceremonies relating to holy things. On the contrary, The Apostle says ( Heb. 8:4 ) that those who "offer gifts according to the law . . . serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things. As it was answered to Moses, when he was to finish the tabe…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 202 (Migne)
rdos: cum essent qui offerrent secundum legem munera, qui exemplari deserviunt et umbrae coelestium (Hebr. VIII, 4) . Sicut responsum est Moysi, cum consummaret tabernaculum. Vide, inquit, omnia facito secundum exemplar, quod tibi monstratum est in monte (Exod. XXV, 40) Tres…
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