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John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 9:10

Which stood only in meats and drinks ,.... That is, along with the gifts and sacrifices offered, there only were meat offerings and drink offerings; things which only respect the body, and cannot therefore make perfect, as to the conscience; to which may be added, that while the tabernacle was standing, and typical service was in being, there was a prohibition of certain meats, as unclean, and an allowance of others, as clean, Leviticus 11:2 and there were certain drinks which were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 9:11

But Christ being come an high priest ,.... Christ is come, as appears from the cessation of civil government among the Jews, which was not to be till Shiloh came; from the destruction of the second temple, into which the Messiah was to come, and did; from the expiration of Daniel's weeks, at which he was to appear, and be cut off; from the coming of John the Baptist, his forerunner, and from the preaching of the Gospel to the Gentiles, and the calling and conversion of them, and the effusion... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 9:12

Neither by the blood of goats and calves ,.... With which the high priest entered into the holy place, within the vail, on the day of atonement, Leviticus 16:14 for Christ was not an high priest of the order of Aaron, nor could the blood of these creatures take away sin, nor would God accept of such sacrifices any longer: but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place ; which shows the truth of his human nature, and the virtue of its blood, as in union with his divine... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 9:13

For if the blood of bulls and of goats ,.... Shed either on the day of atonement, or at any other time: the former of thee, Pausanias F25 Achaica, sive l. 7. p. 450. relates, was drank by certain priestesses among the Grecians, whereby they were tried, whether they spoke truth or no if not, they were immediately punished; and the latter, he says F26 Arcadica, sive l. 8. p. 485. , will dissolve an adamant stone; but neither of them can purge from sin: and the ashes of an heifer... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 9:14

How much more shall the blood of Christ ,.... Which is not the blood of a mere man, but the blood of the Son of God; and the argument is from the lesser to the greater; that if the ashes of the burnt heifer, which was a type of Christ in his sufferings, mixed with water, typically sanctified to the purifying of men externally, in a ceremonial way, then much more virtue must there be in the blood of Christ, to cleanse the soul inwardly: who through the eternal Spirit offered himself... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 9:15

And for this cause he is the Mediator of the New Testament ,.... See Gill on Hebrews 7:22 , See Gill on Hebrews 8:6 , See Gill on Hebrews 8:8 . This may refer both to what goes before, and what follows after; for Christ, that he might offer himself to God, and by his blood purge the consciences of his people from dead works, that so they might serve the living God, became the Mediator of the New Testament, or covenant; and also he took upon him this character and office, that by... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 9:16

For where a testament is ,.... The covenant of grace, as administered under the Gospel dispensation, is a testament or will. The Jews have adopted the Greek word, here used, into their language, and pronounce it דייתיקי , and by it understand a dying man's last will and testament F4 T. Hieros. Peah, fol. 17. 4. & T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 152. 2. . Some of them make it to be of Hebrew derivation; as if it was said, דא תהי למיקם , "this shall be to confirm" F5 T. Bab.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 9:17

For a testament is of force after men are dead ,.... The necessity of Christ's death is here urged, from the nature and force of a testament or will, among men, which does not take place, and cannot be executed, till a man is dead. Otherwise it is of no strength at all whilst the testator liveth ; no claim can be made by the legatees for the part they have in it, nor can any disposition be made by the executor of it; not that hereby is suggested, that the testament or will of God was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 9:18

Whereupon neither the first testament ,.... Or the first administration of the covenant of grace under the law: was dedicated without blood ; or "confirmed" without it, that dispensation being a typical one; and that blood was typical of the blood of Christ, by which the new covenant or testament is ratified; see Exodus 24:7 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 9:19

For when Moses had spoken every precept ,.... Contained in the decalogue, in the book of the covenant, everyone of the precepts in Exodus 22:1 for this is to be understood of the written law, and not of the oral law the Jews talk of, which they say Moses first delivered by word of mouth to Aaron, then to his two sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, then to the seventy elders of Israel, and then to the whole congregation; so that Aaron heard it four times, his sons thrice, the seventy elders twice,... read more

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