Commentaries and Other Bible Study Helps - Prayer Tents - Prayer Tents

13:20-21 Benediction. Following a common practice in NT letters (drawing on OT examples), the author invokes God's blessing on his readers. God of peace. Cf. Rom. 15:33; 16:20; Phil. 4:9; 1 Thess. 5:23. from the dead. See Heb. 5:7; 7:16. shepherd. Cf. John 10:1-18; 1 Pet. 2:25; 5:4. blood. See note on Heb. 12:24. eternal covenant. The new covenant (see note on 7:22) has been established forever. equip. The purpose of this equipping is that God's will might be done (cf. 10:36).