Hebrews 10:3 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 10:1-6

Here the apostle, by the direction of the Spirit of God, sets himself to lay low the Levitical dispensation; for though it was of divine appointment, and very excellent and useful in its time and place, yet, when it was set up in competition with Christ, to whom it was only designed to lead the people, it was very proper and necessary to show the weakness and imperfection of it, which the apostle does effectually, from several arguments. As, I. That the law had a shadow, and but a shadow, of... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 10:1-10

10:1-10 Because the law is only a pale shadow of the blessings which are to come and not a real image of these things, it can never really fit for the fellowship of God those who seek to draw near to his presence with the sacrifices which have to be brought year by year and which go on for ever. For if these sacrifices could achieve that, would they not have stopped being brought because the worshipper had been once and for all brought into a state of purity and no longer had any... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 10:3

But in those sacrifices ,.... The Arabic version reads, "but in it"; that is, in the law; but the Syriac version reads, and supplies, as we do, בדבחא בהון , "in those sacrifices", which were offered every year on the day of atonement: there is a remembrance of sins made again every year ; of all the sins that were committed the year past, and even of those that were expiated typically by the daily sacrifice, and others that had been offered; which proves the imperfection and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 10:3

Verse 3 3.A remembrance again, etc. Though the Gospel is a message of reconciliation with God, yet it is necessary that we should daily remember our sins; but what the Apostle means is, that sins were brought to remembrance that guilt might be removed by the means of the sacrifice then offered. It is not, then, any kind of remembrance that is here meant, but that which might lead to such a confession of guilt before God, as rendered a sacrifice necessary for its removal. Such is the sacrifice... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:1-18

Close of the argument. This concluding passage presents little more than a re-statement of some points which have been already marked in the discussion which occupies the three preceding chapters. The kernel-thought of the paragraph is expressed in Hebrews 10:9 : "He taketh away the first" (the Jewish sacrifices), "that he may establish the second" (redemption by the sacrifice of himself). I. THE INHERENT WORTHLESSNESS OF THE LEVITICAL SACRIFICES , ( Hebrews 10:1-4 )... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:1-19

CONCLUDING SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT WITH RESPECT TO CHRIST 'S ETERNAL PRIESTHOOD . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:2-3

For then ( i.e. had it been so able) would they (the sacrifices) not have ceased to be offered, because that the worshippers, having been once purged, should have had no more conscience of sins? But (on the contrary) in those sacrifices there is a remembrance made of sins year by year. The very annual repetition of the same expiatory rites on the Day of Atonement expressed in itself the idea, not of the putting away ( ἀθέτησις , Hebrews 9:26 ) or oblivion, ( Hebrews... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:3

Reminding men of sins. I. THE NEED OF SUCH A REMINDER . Men need to be impressed with the fact that sin is sin, something special, something done in defiance of God's Law. If we do hurt to a fellow-man, even if he condone and excuse, that does not put things as they were before. God would have us to consider what a serious and terrible thing it is that we should do wrong at all. Then also we need to be reminded because of our liability to forget. Life is one long sin, made up... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 10:3

But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year - The reference here is to the sacrifices made on the great day of atonement. This occurred once in a year. Of course as often as a sacrifice was offered, it was an acknowledgment of guilt on the part of those for whom it was made. As these sacrifices continued to be offered every year, they who made the offering were reminded of their guilt and their desert of punishment. All the efficacy which could be pretended to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 10:2-3

Hebrews 10:2-3. For then would they not have ceased, &c. There would not have been need to have offered them more than once: that is, if these sacrifices had made the worshippers perfect, in respect of pardon, they would have ceased to be offered; because the worshippers once purged Or fully discharged from the guilt of their transgressions; should have had no more conscience of sin There would have remained no more sense of guilt upon their consciences to have troubled them, and no... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 10:1-6

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 10:1-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 10:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 10:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:1-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:2-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 10:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 10:2-3

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