Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 9:27-28
Hebrews 9:27-28. And as it is appointed, &c. Inasmuch as this is the constitution of God, that sinful men shall die once, and but once; (see the margin;) and after this the judgment Of the great day, between which and death nothing shall interpose to make any alteration in the state or condition of any one, for at death every man’s final state is determined; but we do not find a word in the Scriptures of any particular judgment taking place immediately after death. So Christ, ... read more
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 9:28
So Christ was once offered - Since people are to die but once; and as all beyond the grave is fixed by the judgment, so that his death there would make no change in the destiny, there was a propriety that he should die but once for sin. The argument is, there is one probation only, and therefore there was need of but one sacrifice, or of his dying but once. If death were to occur frequently in the existence of each individual, and if each intermediate period were a state of probation, then... read more