V. 11.— For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which came he is not ashamed to call them brethren. For both he that sanctifieth and them that are sanctified.— Christ says: “And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified through the truth." John 17:19. Israel were sanctified, or set apart, as God’ s peculiar people, by the blood of the Sinai covenant, which could not tale away sin, but only sanctified to the purifying of the flesh. Christ sanctified His people with His own blood, Hebrews 13:12, which cleanseth them from all sin. Of one.— Some explain this of one Father; others, of one nature; but it is evidently of one family. Christ is the seed of the woman; and all believers, in common with the rest of mankind, are born of a woman. It has been already observed, that, immediately after the fall, mankind were divided into two families, — the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent. Christ was eminently the seed of the woman, the head of the family, and all His people are His brethren. He is eminently the Son of the Father, 2 John 1:3; and, as the sanctifier and the sanctified are all of one family, He acknowledges them as His brethren, Mark 3:34; Luke 8:21; John 20:17; and, in virtue of their union with Him, they are called the sons of God, 1 John 3:1. Sanctification means separation. Christ, that He might sanctify the people with His own. blood, suffered without the gate. Hebrews 13:12. This is the blood of sprinkling of which the Apostle speaks. Hebrews 12:24. The blood of the old covenant was sprinkled on the bodies of the children of Israel at Sinai, and thus they became externally holy. The blood of Christ is sprinkled upon the consciences of all His people, and gives them confidence in coming to God. The firstborn of the family received the Spirit without measure, and through Him it is communicated to the whole family. " But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.” Galatians 4:4-7. For which cause; that is, because they belong to the same family, Christ is not ashamed to call them brethren.