Hebrews 9:25-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:25-26

Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others ( i.e. blood not his own, ἀλλοτρίῳ ) ; for then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now (probably νυνί , not νῦν , meaning "as it is ") once at the end of the ages hath he appeared (rather, been manifested , πεφανέρωται ) to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. Here (as above noted) the idea of ἐφάπαξ in ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 9:25

Nor yet that he should offer himself often - The Jewish high priest entered the most holy place with blood once every year. In this respect the offering made by Christ, and the work which he performed, differed from that of the Jewish high priest. It was not needful that he should enter the holy place but once. Having entered there, he permanently remains there.With the blood of others - That is, with the blood of calves, and goats. This is a second point in which the work of Christ differs... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 9:26

For then must he often have suffered - That is, if his blood had no more efficacy than what the Jewish high priest offered, and which was so often repeated, it would have been necessary that Christ should have often died.But now once - Once for all; once in the sense that it is not to be repeated again - ἅπαξ hapax.In the end of the world - In the last dispensation or economy; that under which the affairs of the world will be wound up; see the phrase fully explained in Hebrews 1:2 note, and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 9:24-26

Hebrews 9:24-26. For Christ is, or, hath, not entered With the sacrifice of his crucified body; into the holy places made with hands He never went into the holy of holies of the temple at Jerusalem; the figures of the true tabernacle in heaven; Greek, αντιτυπα , the antitypes. “In the mount Moses had τυπος , the type, or model of the tabernacles, and of the services to be performed in them, showed to him. Hence the tabernacles, with their services, which he formed according to... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hebrews 9:23-28

Sacrifice under the new covenant (9:23-10:18)Levitical sacrifices were part of a material order and brought symbolic cleansing. Christ’s death is concerned with the spiritual order and brings actual cleansing (23). The Levitical high priest entered the symbolic presence of God with the blood of a sacrificial animal, a ceremony that had to be repeated yearly. Christ entered God’s real presence on account of his own blood, and he did so only once. His death is sufficient to remove completely the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 9:25

Nor yet . Greek. oude. that = in order that. Greek. hina . every year . Greek. kat ' ( App-104 .) eniauton. On the Day of Atonement. of others . App-124 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 9:26

since = from. Greek. apo. App-104 . foundation, &c . See Hebrews 4:3 . end . Greek. sunteleia. See Matthew 13:39 . world = ages. Plural of Greek. aion . App-129 . appeared . Same as "made manifest", Hebrews 9:8 . to put away = for (Greek. eis) putting away (Greek. athetesis . See Hebrews 7:18 ). sin . App-128 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hebrews 9:25

Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place year by year with blood not his own; else must he have suffered since the foundation of the world; but now once at the end of the ages hath he been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.For the significance of [@hapax] as used here, see under Hebrews 7:27. Its meaning is "once for all." The glory of Christ's sacrifice as set forth here consists of the complete, final, and irrevocable... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 9:25

Hebrews 9:25. Nor yet— Not, indeed. See Hebrews 9:12. There is an ellipsis in this place, to be supplied from Heb 9:23 thus: "Nor indeed was it necessary that he should often offer himself." With blood of others means, the blood of bulls and of goats; and is rendered much more agreeably to the original by Dr. Heylin, with other blood than his own:— εν αιματι αλλοτριω . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 9:26

Hebrews 9:26. For then must he often have suffered— The apostle's design was, to shew the difference between the high-priest's offering once every year, and Christ's offering once for all;—that had frequent oblation been necessary, then Christ must have offered himself often since the foundation of the world. But, instead of frequent oblation, there was no occasion that he should suffer more than once, in order to obtain the end designed; so that here are two points in which the superior... read more

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