Hebrews 9:8-14 KJV,ASV

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 9:12

Verse 12 12.Neither by the blood of goats, etc. All these things tend to show that the things of Christ so far excel the shadows of the Law, that they justly reduce them all to nothing. For what is the value of Christ’s blood, if it be deemed no better than the blood of beasts? What sort of expiation was made by his death, if the purgations according to the Law be still retained? As soon then as Christ came forth with the efficacious influence of his death, all the typical observances must... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 9:13

Verse 13 13.For if the blood of bulls, etc. This passage has given to many all occasion to go astray, because they did not consider that sacraments are spoken of, which had a spiritual import. The cleansing of the flesh they leave explained of what avails among men, as the heathens had their expiations to blot out the infamy of crimes. But this explanation is indeed very heathenish; for wrong is done to God’s promises, if we restrict the effect to civil matters only. Often does this declaration... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 9:14

Verse 14 14.Who through the eternal Spirit, etc. He now clearly shows how Christ’s death is to be estimated, not by the external act, but by the power of the Spirit. For Christ suffered as man; but that death becomes saving to us through the efficacious power of the Spirit; for a sacrifice, which was to be an eternal expiation, was a work more than human. And he calls the Spirit eternal for this reason, that we may know that the reconciliation, of which he is the worker or effecter, is eternal.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:1-10

Arrangements of the first covenant. The Epistle to the Hebrews is the New Testament Leviticus. In itself, the book of the Jewish ritual is rather dry reading. "Nothing can well be duller or more dingy than the appearance of a stained-glass cathedral window to one who is looking on it from the outside of the building; but, when you enter and gaze at it from within, the whole is aglow with beauty" (Dr. W.M. Taylor). Now, from this Epistle we learn to read Leviticus with the bright gospel... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:1-28

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:6-10

The symbolism of the Jewish sacrifices. Only a partial reference, but enough to call up to the Hebrew mind the round of sacred offerings prescribed in Leviticus. I. PRELIMINARY INQUIRIES AS TO SACRIFICE IN GENERAL . 1. What was the origin of the sacrificial act? Did it originate with man or God? In favor of the former, there is the fact that it is not recorded that the first sacrifice was the result of a Divine call. But against this, we are told that the first... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:6-10

Symbolism of the sacrifices. The writer declares that the past dispensation of the Law was a parable or figure. The whole of this Epistle turns upon the interpretation of this parable. Our Lord employed many parables to set forth the nature of his kingdom. He presented many aspects and features and processes of the gospel; and the meaning of these things he explained to the humble and docile spirit of his disciples. In the condition of the Jews under the Law, there was the exclusion of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:6-13

The Day of Atonement fulfilled, and its imperfect blessings perfected in Christ. In dealing with the abolition of the types of the old economy since their fulfillment in the high priesthood of Christ ( Hebrews 9:1-28 ; Hebrews 10:18 ), the writer comes here to dwell on the Jewish Day of Atonement. That day is the key to these and following verses, and the most forcible illustration of our Lord's high priestly work. This day was at the basis of the Jewish system; by its services,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:7-8

But into the second the high priest alone, once in the year, not without blood, which he offereth for himself and for the errors (literally, ignorances ; cf. Hebrews 9:2 ) of the people. For the ceremonies on the Day of Atonement, see Leviticus 16:1-34 . They may be summarized, in their main characteristics, thus: read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:9

Which ( ἥτις , with its usual force) is a parable for the time present ( i.e. present as regarded from the standpoint of the old dispensation. The A.V., translating "then present," and using past tenses throughout, though departing from literalism, still gives, we conceive, the idea correctly); according to which (referring to "parable," if we adopt the best-supported reading, καθ ἥν . The Textus Receptus, followed by the A.V., has καθ ὅν , referring to "the time") are... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 9:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 9:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 9:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:1-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:6-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:6-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:6-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:7-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:9

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