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What the Fathers say

Hebrews 9:20

Eastern Fathers

Theophylact of Ohrid

But Christ says: "this is My Blood of the New Testament... for the remission of sins" (Matt. 26:28). There it is neither a new testament, nor a remission of sins. Therefore, do you see that he called the blood a testament? So that it is necessary to understand death wherever a testament is spoken of.

Commentary on Hebrews ↗

Oecumenius

Saying, "This is the blood of the covenant." But Christ: This is the blood of the new covenant (Matt. 26:28), for the forgiveness of sins; but there, neither new nor forgiveness of sins. Do you see then how he called the blood a covenant? For where a covenant is spoken of, death must be understood.

The Pseudo-Oecumenian Catena on Hebrews ↗