Hebrews 9:19 (WEB)
For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,
Catechism · 1
“…they are consecrated in order to preach the Gospel and shepherd the faithful as well as to celebrate divine worship as true priests of the New Testament."” — Catechism footnote: LG 28 cf. Heb 5:1-10; 7:24; 9:11-28; Innocent I, Epist. ad Decentium: PL 20, 554 A; St. Gregory of Nazianzus, Oratio 2, 22: PG 35, 432B.
Fathers and councils · 6
Catena Aurea on Mark
- BedeCatena Aurea on Mark
“This refers to the different circumstances of the Old Testament, which was consecrated by the blood of calves and of goats; and the lawgiver said in sprinking it, “This is the blood of the Testament which God has injoined unto you.” [Heb 9:19-20, ref.” — the author cites it
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“After the flood, a covenant was made with Noah: a covenant for Israel from Mount Sinai, but with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop.” — editor's note: Heb. ix. 19.
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John Chrysostom
“Hebrews ix. 15–23” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“For Christian discipline dates from the renewing of the Testament, and (as we have premised) from the redemption of flesh—that is, the Lord’s passion.” — editor's note: Comp. Matt. xxvi. 28, Mark xiv. 24, Luke xxii. 21, with Heb. ix. 11–20.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…he inscribed laws, which are no longer obscure, but entirely spiritual, on tables which are not broken but are preserved; he entered the Holy of holies, not once a year, but often, I may say every day, and thence he revealed to us the Holy Trinity; and cleansed the people, not with temporary sprinklings, but…” — editor's note: Exod. xxiv. 8; Heb. ix. 19.
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:22–25 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:22–25 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:22–25 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:22–25 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:22–25 (4) (Catena Aurea).