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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 9:20

Verse 20 20.Saying, This is the blood of the testament, (154) etc. If that was the blood of the testament, then neither the testament was without blood ratified, nor the blood without the testament available for expiation. It is hence necessary that both should be united; and we see that before the explanation of the Law, no symbol was added, for what would a sacrament be except the word preceded it? Hence a symbol is a kind of appendage to the word. And mark, this word was not whispered like a... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 9:22

Verse 22 22.And almost all things, etc. By saying almost he seems to imply that some things were otherwise purified. And doubtless they often washed themselves and other unclean things with water. But even water itself derived its power to cleanse from the sacrifices; so that the Apostle at length truly declares that without blood there was no remission. (156) Then uncleanness was imputed until it was expiated by a sacrifice. And as without Christ there is no purity nor salvation, so nothing... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 9:23

Verse 23 23.The patterns, or exemplars, etc. Lest any one should object and say that the blood by which the old testament was dedicated was different from that of a testator, the Apostle meets this objection, and says that it was no wonder that the tabernacle which was earthly was consecrated by the sacrificing of beasts; for there was an analogy and a likeness between the purification and the things purified. But the heavenly pattern or exemplar of which he now speaks was to be consecrated in... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 9:24

Verse 24 24.For Christ is not entered, etc. This is a confirmation of the former verse. He had spoken of the true sanctuary, even the heavenly; he now adds that Christ entered there. It hence follows that a suitable confirmation is required. The holy places he takes for the sanctuary; he says that it is not made with hands, because it ought not to be classed with the created things which are subject to decay; for he does not mean here the heaven we see, and in which the stars shine, but the... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 9:25

Verse 25 25.Nor yet that he should offer himself often, etc. How, then, is he a priest, one may say, if he offers no sacrifices? To this I reply that it is not requited of a priest that he should be continually sacrificing; for even under the Law there were days appointed for the chief sacrifices every year; they had also their hours daily morning and evening. But as that only true sacrifice which Christ offered once for all is ever efficacious, and thus perpetual in its effects, it is no... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 9:26

Verse 26 26.For then must he often have suffered, etc. He shows how great an absurdity follows, if we do not count it enough that an expiation has been made by the one sacrifice of Christ. For he hence concludes that he must have died often; for death is connected with sacrifices. How this latter supposition is most unreasonable; it then follows that the virtue of the one sacrifice is eternal and extends to all ages. And he says since the foundation of the world, or from the beginning of the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:1-28

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The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:15

The eternal inheritance. I. CONSIDER THE TEMPORAL INHERITANCE . The land of Canaan, which was connected with the old covenant. This land could only be called an inheritance in a typical sense, for the satisfactions which Israel was taught to expect did not come in reality. For as the blood of bulls and goats could not take away sin, so neither could any mere terrestrial possession ever satisfy a human spirit. This land was but the standing-ground for a time, the place of... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:15-17

And for this cause he is the Mediator of a new testament, that by means of death (literally, death having taken place ) , for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. Here the view of the gospel as a new διαθήκη (introduced first in Hebrews 7:22 , and enlarged on in Hebrews 8:6-13 ) is again brought in. For the word is still διαθήκη , though here, for reasons that... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:15-22

Ratification by blood. Here the writer pauses in his argument regarding the superiority of Christ's sacrifice to the sacrifices of the Law, and directs attention to an important point of similarity between the old covenant and the new. This passage is a serious crux. It has perplexed the most eminent commentators. The great question is, whether διαθήκη should be translated "covenant" or "testament:" in Hebrews 9:16 and Hebrews 9:17 . For ourselves, we have come to the conclusion... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 9:20

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 9:22

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 9:23

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 9:24

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 9:25

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 9:26

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:1-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:15-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:15-22

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