“Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.”
By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the Israelites — Moses' faith included obedience to the Passover (pascha) ritual: sprinkling (prochēma) blood on doorposts. The destroyer's (olothreuō) inability to touch those sheltered by blood illustrates faith's protective power.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 11:28
Paul is wont to establish many things incidently, and is very full of thoughts. For such is the grace of The Spirit. He does not comprehend a few ideas in a multitude of words, but includes great and manifold thought in brevity of expressions. Observe at least how, in the midst of exhortation, and when discoursing about faith, of what a type and mystery he reminds us, whereof we have the reality. “Through faith” (he says) “he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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