But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.
But this man,.... Jesus Christ, for he is a man, though not a mere man; or this great high priest, who came to do the will of God, and whose body was offered once for all: after he had offered one sacrifice for sins; the sacrifice of himself, body and soul, and this but once: for ever sat down on the right hand of God...
advance tlie honour of his justice hy pardoning the believing soul more than in damning the impenitent sinner. And surely God had no less design in the gospel covenant than this, that he would not the death of a sinner, but to vindi- cate his justice.
Commenting on Ephesians 6:10-20
Verse 12. But this Man. The Lord Jesus. The word man is not in the original here. The Greek is literally "but this;" to wit, this priest. The apostle does not state here whether he was a man, or a being of a higher order, he merely mentions him as a priest, in contradistinction from the Jewish priests. After he had offered one sacrifice for sins.