Hebrews 9:25

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 9:23-28

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 9:25

Nor yet that he should offer himself often ,.... Or at all again; which shows the perfection of his sacrifice, for justice was satisfied, the law fulfilled, sin done away, and complete salvation obtained at once; which lies against the errors of the Socinians, who say he offers himself now in heaven; and of the Papists, who pretend to offer the body of Christ daily in their mass: as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others ; not his own, nor other... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 9:25

Nor yet that he should offer himself often - The sacrifice of Christ is not like that of the Jewish high priest; his must be offered every year, Christ has offered himself once for all: and this sacrificial act has ever the same efficacy, his crucified body being still a powerful and infinitely meritorious sacrifice before the throne. read more

John Calvin

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:1-28

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:23-28

Perfection of Christ's atonement. In these verses the writer contrasts the incompleteness of the Mosaic sacrifices with the finality which attaches to the sacrificial work of the Lord Jesus. I. THREE GREAT CHRISTIAN DOCTRINES . These rest respectively upon three facts, viz. the death and the ascension of Christ, which are matters of history; and the second advent, which is still future. 1. Christ died as a Sacrifice for sin. ( Hebrews 9:28 ) His death was a stupendous... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:25-26

Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others ( i.e. blood not his own, ἀλλοτρίῳ ) ; for then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now (probably νυνί , not νῦν , meaning "as it is ") once at the end of the ages hath he appeared (rather, been manifested , πεφανέρωται ) to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. Here (as above noted) the idea of ἐφάπαξ in ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 9:25

Nor yet that he should offer himself often - The Jewish high priest entered the most holy place with blood once every year. In this respect the offering made by Christ, and the work which he performed, differed from that of the Jewish high priest. It was not needful that he should enter the holy place but once. Having entered there, he permanently remains there.With the blood of others - That is, with the blood of calves, and goats. This is a second point in which the work of Christ differs... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 9:24-26

Hebrews 9:24-26. For Christ is, or, hath, not entered With the sacrifice of his crucified body; into the holy places made with hands He never went into the holy of holies of the temple at Jerusalem; the figures of the true tabernacle in heaven; Greek, αντιτυπα , the antitypes. “In the mount Moses had τυπος , the type, or model of the tabernacles, and of the services to be performed in them, showed to him. Hence the tabernacles, with their services, which he formed according to... read more

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