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
Nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption.Two points of superiority in the high priesthood of Christ are stressed here, these being: (1) that by a more perfect medium, his own blood contrasted with blood of animals, and (2) that in a more exalted place of the offering, in heaven itself, Christ offered his own blood, not repeatedly, but once for all. The first of these superiorities... read more
For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling them that have been defiled, sanctify unto the cleanness of the flesh: how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish unto God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?The use of blood of bulls and goats on the Day of Atonement has already been discussed; and for the ritual with the ashes of a red heifer, see Numbers 19. These were used for... read more
Hebrews 9:12. Neither by the blood of goats, &c.— This and the preceding verse may be connected and paraphrased as follows: "But Christ an High-priest of good things to be afterwards bestowed, being come, through a greater and more perfect tabernacle, which was not, as the Jewish tabernacle, made with hands, or fashioned by men; being come (I say,) to the holy of holies, he entered once thereinto, not indeed with the blood of goats and calves, as the high-priests did,—having attained... read more
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
12. Neither—"Nor yet." by—"through"; as the means of His approach. goats . . . calves—not a bullock, such as the Levitical high priest offered for himself, and a goat for the people, on the day of atonement (Leviticus 16:6; Leviticus 16:15), year by year, whence the plural is used, goats . . . calves. Besides the goat offered for the people the blood of which was sprinkled before the mercy seat, the high priest led forth a second goat, namely, the scapegoat; over it he confessed the people's... read more
13. if—as we know is the case; so the Greek indicative means. Argument from the less to the greater. If the blood of mere brutes could purify in any, however small a degree, how much more shall inward purification, and complete and eternal salvation, be wrought by the blood of Christ, in whom dwelt all the fulness of the Godhead? ashes of an heifer— ( :-). The type is full of comfort for us. The water of separation, made of the ashes of the red heifer, was the provision for removing ceremonial... read more
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
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 9:13
if . Greek. ei . App-118 . bulls, &c . See Leviticus 16:0 . ashes, &c . See Numbers 19:2-20 . sprinkling . Greek. rhantizo. See App-136 . purifying . Greek. katharotes. Only here. read more