Theophylact of Ohrid, on Heb 12:24

“And to Jesus the mediator of the new testament, and to the sprinkling of blood which speaketh better than that of Abel.”

“Not to the servant Moses, but to our Lord Jesus. "And to the Blood of sprinkling." That is, of purification. For the Blood of Christ, having sprinkled us, purified and sanctified us. "Speaking better than Abel's." Did the blood of Abel speak? Yes. For it is said: "the voice of your brother's blood cries out to Me" (Gen. 4:10). Or what was said above, that same thing it speaks even now, known and celebrated by all. But the Blood of Christ utters a brighter and clearer voice, crying out by its very deed that It has sanctified all. But it also speaks in another way: where there is no pure thought, it awakens and urges one to speak out. For "the Spirit Himself intercedes... with groanings that cannot be uttered" (Rom. 8:26). And Saint Cyril of Jerusalem understood it further in this way: that the blood of Abel cried out against murder, but the Blood of Christ intercedes for us before His Father.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.