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Rembrandt 1646-ban festette A pásztorok imádása című alkotását, a szenvedő és Biblián élő emberek mély látásával, amelytől művei sokak számára valóban „élet-változtató” hatásúak lettek. Személyes tragédiák sora vezetett idáig. Három gyermekét vesztette el néhány hetes korukban. Négy évvel Saskia halála után festette meg a festményt. A festő mintegy fénycentrumba helyezi a gyermek Jézust. Ragyogó fénye vonja magára első pillantásunkat. Rembrandt ecsettel hirdeti az igét: A világosság a sötétségben fénylik… (Jn 1,5).

The purpose of the Epistle to the Hebrews. In this essay we argue that the particular purpose of Hebrews is obscure for the modern reader. It is clear, that it was addressed to a particular community that needed to be warned not to apostatize, not to turn away from Christianity. But no dogmatic conclusion can be reached on a more precise identification of the danger could consist in. The drift of the argument on the levitical cultus, the exhortations and argumentations from the exposition of so many Old Testament passages would possibly give weight to the theory that the danger was that of relapsing into Judaism, a theory held by numerous scholars. However, this is an inference, though reasonable. But each further step in order to identify the exact form of the apostasy to Judaism will be conjectural.

The Impossibility of a second repentance in the Epistle to the Hebrews. We have argued in this assignment for an interpretation of the impossibility of a second repentance, which is neither entirely psychological, nor is to be understood and complemented by inferences from Greco-Roman patronage, but it is an inherent impossibility, having in its background a theological argument: so splendid is the revelation of God in Jesus Christ, that turning away from it in apostasy is a way that excludes any chance for a second repentance.