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Hebrews 9:15 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 9 · verse 15
And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.Hebrews 9:15 · King James Version
Hebrews 9:15 in context
13For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
15And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
16For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
17For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
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- transgressionsparabasisa going over, metaph. a disregarding, violating, of the Mosaic law, the breach of a…G3847 →
- redemptionapolytrōsisa releasing effected by payment of ransom, redemption, deliverance, liberation procured…G629 →
- testamentdiathēkēa disposition, arrangement, of any sort, which one wishes to be valid, the last…G1242 →
- mediatormesitēsone who intervenes between two, either in order to make or restore peace and friendship…G3316 →
- calledkaleōto call, to call aloud, utter in a loud voice, to invite, to callG2564 →
- causediathrough, of place, with, in, of time, throughout, during, of means, by, by the means of…G1223 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-22