the new testament Hence the name of the New Testament. The word Diatheke(Heb. Berith)means both a will, and an agreement or covenant, see Jeremiah 31:31. "It contains all the absoluteelements of the one, with the conditionalelements of the other. Hence the New Testament (kaine Diatheke)is the revelation of a new relation on God's part with the conditions necessary to its realisation on man's part." Fairbairn.

in my blood i.e. ratified by my blood shed for you. The best comment is Hebrews 9:15; Hebrews 9:18-22; 1 Corinthians 11:25. The other Synoptists have "my blood of the New Testament."

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