Hebrews 9:24
Made with hands ( χειροποιητα ). See verse 11 for this word.Like in pattern to the true ( αντιτυπα των αληθινων ). Late compound word, only twice in N.T. (here, 1Pe 3:21). Polybius uses αντιτυπος for infantry "opposite" to the cavalry. In modern Greek it means a copy of a book. Here it is the "counterpart of reality" (Moffatt). Moses was shown a τυπος (model) of the heavenly realities and he made an αντιτυπον on that model, "answering to the type" (Dods) or model. In 1Pe 3:21 αντιτυπος has the converse sense, "the reality of baptism which corresponds to or is the antitype of the deluge" (Dods).
Now to appear ( νυν εμφανισθηνα ). Purpose clause by the first aorist passive infinitive of εμφανιζω (Mt 27:53; Joh 14:21f.). For the phrase see Ps 42:3. For this work of Christ as our High Priest and Paraclete in heaven see Heb 7:25; Ro 8:34; 1Jo 2:1f.
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