“For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.”
People swear by someone greater than themselves, and the oath confirms what is said and puts an end to all argument — the convention of swearing by someone greater than oneself establishes the validity of a claim and ends dispute. Oaths are the ultimate appeal, invoking a power beyond the speaker to guarantee truth.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 6:16
Having boldly reflected on the faults of the Hebrews, and sufficiently alarmed them, he consoles them, first, by praises, and secondly (which also is the stronger ground), by the [thought] that they would certainly attain the object of their hope. Moreover he draws his consolation, not from things future, but again from the past, which indeed would the rather persuade them. For as in the case of punishment, he alarms them rather by those [viz. things future], so also in the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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