“Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;”
Nor was it that he should offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the Holy Place year after year with blood not his own — the contrast with the high priest's annual repetition proves Christ's sacrifice superior. Repeatedly (pollakis) emphasizes the exhausting cycle of the old system; Christ offers once and his offering never needs repetition.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 9:25
The Jews greatly prided themselves on the temple and the tabernacle. Wherefore they said, “The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord.” Jeremiah 7:4 For nowhere else in the earth was such a temple constructed as this, either for costliness, or beauty, or anything else. For God who ordained it, commanded that it should be made with great magnificence, because they also were more attracted and urged on by material things. For it had bricks of gold in…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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