Hebrews 9:15-28 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 9:15-22

In these verses the apostle considers the gospel under the notion of a will or testament, the new or last will and testament of Christ, and shows the necessity and efficacy of the blood of Christ to make this testament valid and effectual. I. The gospel is here considered as a testament, the new and last will and testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. It is observable that the solemn transactions that pass between God and man are sometimes called a covenant, here a testament. A... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 9:23-29

In this last part of the chapter, the apostle goes on to tell us what the Holy Ghost has signified to us by the legal purifications of the patterns of the things in heaven, inferring thence the necessity of better sacrifices to consecrate the heavenly things themselves. I. The necessity of purifying the patterns of the things in heaven, Heb. 9:23. This necessity arises both from the divine appointment, which must always be obeyed, and from the reason of that appointment, which was to preserve... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 9:15-22

9:15-22 It is through him that there emerges a new covenant between God and man; and the purpose behind this new covenant is that those who have been called might receive the eternal inheritance which has been promised to them; but this could happen only after a death had taken place, the purpose of which was to rescue them from the consequences of the transgressions which had been committed under the conditions of the old covenant. For where there is a will, it is necessary that there should... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 9:23-28

9:23-28 So, then, if it was necessary that the things which are copies of the heavenly realities should be cleansed by processes like these, it is necessary that the heavenly realities themselves should be cleansed by finer sacrifices than those of which we have been thinking. It is not into a man-made sanctuary that Christ has entered--that would be a mere symbol of the things which are real. It is into heaven itself that he entered, now to appear on our behalf before the presence of God. It... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 9:20

Saying, this is the blood of the testament ,.... The first testament or covenant; this proves what the apostle had asserted in Hebrews 9:18 that it was dedicated with blood, or confirmed by it; compare with this Matthew 26:28 which God hath enjoined unto you ; the people of Israel, to observe, and which they promised to do; see Exodus 24:7 . read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 9:15-22

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 9:23-29

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 9:15-22

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 9:23-28

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

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

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

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 9:20

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