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Moses and Joshua in the Tabernacle, James Tissot

Hebrews 6:16

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Hebrews 6:16 (WEB)

For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.

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John Chrysostom

Gregory of Nyssa

  • “And although Scripture extends the word according to the plural significance, where it says “men swear by the greater,” and “sons of men,” and in other phrases of the like sort, we must recognize that in using the custom of the prevailing form of speech, it does not lay down a…” — editor's note: Heb. vi. 16.

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