Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 7:23-28
23-28. Point sixth. An undying priest and priesthood, able to save to the uttermost, is just suitable for us sinners. read more
23-28. Point sixth. An undying priest and priesthood, able to save to the uttermost, is just suitable for us sinners. read more
27. First for his own sins Sinlessness is the necessary condition of a perfect atonement. One sinner cannot efficiently die for another sinner; for he deserves that death for his own sin. Once And not daily. The Romish pretence that the daily mass is a real sacrifice is here contradicted. The divine victim can never be offered but once. read more
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Hebrews 7:27
Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.Who needeth not to offer up sacrifices daily — That is, on every yearly day of expiation; for he offered once for all: not for his own sins, for he then offered up himself "without spot to God." read more