Heb 2:9:
“taste death for everyone.” Not only for the faithful, but for
the whole world. For even if not all were saved because of their own unbelief,
he himself bore his own on behalf of all and for all. And rightly so, “he
might taste”; for he did not remain in death, but only in a certain way
tasted it; for he immediately rose again. Therefore, in this respect, he is
greater than the angels, because he proved to be superior to death. (Commentary
on the Epistle to the Hebrews By Oecumenius, also known as The
Pseudo-Oecumenian Catena on Hebrews [trans. John Litteral; 2025], 31)
Heb 9:28:
And why did He say, “of many,” and not “of all”? Because not
all have believed. For the sins of those who believe are taken away. For He
died to save all, yet He forgives the sins only of the faithful. That is, “to
bear the sins of many,” He says, so that He might also extinguish them,
making the punishment on their behalf. (Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews
By Oecumenius, also known as The Pseudo-Oecumenian Catena on Hebrews [trans.
John Litteral; 2025], 127-28)
