Hebrews 9:14 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:14

How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purify your (al. our ) conscience from dead works to serve the living God? As in Hebrews 9:11 , Hebrews 9:12 Christ's entrance was contrasted with that of the high priest, so here is the sacrifice itself, in virtue of which he entered, similarly contrasted. The points of contrast to which attention is drawn are these: read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 9:14

How much more shall the blood of Christ - As being infinitely more precious than the blood of an animal could possibly be. If the blood of an animal had any efficacy at all, even in removing ceremonial pollutions, how much more is it reasonable to suppose may be effected by the blood of the Son of God!Who through the eternal Spirit - This expression is very difficult, and has given rise to a great variety of interpretation. - Some mss. instead of “eternal” here, read “holy,” making it refer... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 9:13-14

Hebrews 9:13-14. For, &c. The truth intended to be confirmed in these verses, is that which the apostle had asserted in the two preceding, namely, That Christ by his blood hath obtained for us eternal redemption. And his words contain both an argument and a comparison, to this effect: “If that which is less can do that which is less, then that which is greater can do that which is greater; provided also that less, in what it did, was a type of what was greater in that greater... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hebrews 9:11-14

Priestly work under the new covenant (9:11-14)When the Jewish high priest entered the Most Holy Place, God’s symbolic presence, he took the blood of the sacrificial animal with him. This was a sign that an innocent substitute had died for the guilty sinner, so that the barrier to God’s presence through sin might be removed. Jesus Christ, the great high priest, offered himself as the sacrifice, and through his blood (i.e. by means of his sacrificial death) entered the presence of God, obtained... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 9:14

Spirit . Same as Hebrews 9:8 . offered . Observe, not sacrificed. without spot . Greek. amomos. See Ephesians 1:4 . God . App-98 . from . Greek. apo. App-104 . dead works . See Hebrews 6:1 . serve . See Hebrews 9:9 (did the service). read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 9:13-14

Hebrews 9:13-14. For if the blood of bulls and of goats,— The legal impurities debarred the Jews from an attendance upon the public service; but they were freed from these bythe sacrifices, washings, and sprinklings appointed by the Mosaic law, which are called carnal ordinances, Heb 9:10 and so became qualified again for the public worship; and of this the apostle speaks under the notion of sanctification, as typical of that internal sanctification which he speaks of in Hebrews 9:14. That this... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 9:14

14. offered himself—The voluntary nature of the offering gives it especial efficacy. He "through the eternal Spirit," that is, His divine Spirit (Romans 1:4, in contrast to His "flesh," Hebrews 9:3; His Godhead, 1 Timothy 3:16; 1 Peter 3:18), "His inner personality" [ALFORD], which gave a free consent to the act, offered Himself. The animals offered had no spirit or will to consent in the act of sacrifice; they were offered according to the law; they had a life neither enduring, nor of any... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 9:11-15

The superior priestly ministry 9:11-15 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 9:11-28

The final purging of sin 9:11-28The writer now focused on the issue of sacrifice."The argument moves a stage further as the author turns specifically to what Christ has done. The sacrifices of the old covenant were ineffectual. But in strong contrast Christ made an offering that secures a redemption valid for all eternity. In the sacrifices, a good deal pertained to the use of blood. So in accord with this, the author considers the significance of the blood of animals and that of Christ."... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 9:13-14

Old Covenant sacrifices for sin on the Day of Atonement only provided temporary cleansing, but the sacrifice of Jesus Christ provided permanent cleansing. The reference to "the eternal Spirit" is unique in Scripture. The Holy Spirit had empowered and sustained Jesus in His office."It seems that the writer has chosen this unusual way of referring to the Holy Spirit to bring out the truth that there is an eternal aspect to Christ’s saving work." [Note: Morris, p. 87.] All three persons of the... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 9:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 9:13-14

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hebrews 9:11-14

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 9:14

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 9:13-14

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 9:14

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 9:11-15

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 9:11-28

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 9:13-14

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