“Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.”
Therefore Jesus also suffered outside the gate (pylē) to sanctify the people by his own blood — Jesus' crucifixion outside Jerusalem's gate parallels the ritual burning outside the camp. Sanctify (hagiazo) the people through his blood: Christ becomes the sin offering.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 13:12
“For the bodies of those beasts whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the High Priest for sin, are burned without the camp. Wherefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered” (he says) “without the gate.” Do you see the type shining forth? “For sin,” he says, and “suffered without the gate.” Hebrews 13:13 “Let us go forth therefore to Him without the camp, bearing His reproach,” that is, suffering the same things; having communion…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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