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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
That is, since He swore that He would always be a priest. For He would not have sworn if He were not superior. Hence the New Testament is also superior to the Old.
Oecumenius
"by the one who said to him." As through God. For God spoke through David, "So much better is Jesus." "For," he says, "they indeed became priests without an oath, but Christ has become a high priest with an oath. And this would not have happened, he says, if the difference were not great. Therefore, there is also a great difference between the new and the old." "the Guarantor [Έγγυος]." Like a guarantor [ἐγγυητὴς], Mediator.
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
366. – This makes Jesus the surety of a better covenant, because His priesthood is firmer, which is evident, because it was set up with an oath. Therefore, it is necessary that something better and firmer be obtained by it. But it should be noted that a priest is a mediator between God and the people: 'I was the mediator and stood between the Lord and you' (Deut. 5:5). But a priest should bring God and the people to concord. …
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