“But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;”
But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God — the pivotal sentence: Christ offered once (proserengkas), sat down (ekathisen), and thus ended the standing priesthood forever. The right hand position indicates victory and the completion of redemptive work.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 10:12
In what has gone before he had shown that the sacrifices were unavailing for perfect purification, and were a type, and greatly defective. Since then there was this objection to his argument, If they are types, how is it that, after the truth has come, they have not ceased, nor given place, but are still performed? He here accordingly labors at this very point, showing that they are no longer performed, even as a figure, for God does not accept them. And this again he shows…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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