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Hebrews 9:27 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 9 · verse 27
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:Hebrews 9:27 · King James Version
What Hebrews 9:27 means
Two appointments, and neither is optional. The verse is short and usually quoted alone, but the next one is its other half: Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many. The writer sets the certainty of death beside the finality of one sacrifice.
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Hebrews 9:27 in context
25Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
26For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
27And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
28So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
Commentary
Cross references
- 2 Corinthians 5:10
- Ecclesiastes 12:7
- Ecclesiastes 12:14
- Acts 17:31
- 2 Samuel 14:14
- John 5:26-29
- Ecclesiastes 9:5
- Jude 1:15
Key words (Strong's)
- appointedapokeimaito be laid away, laid by, reserved, reserved for one, awaiting himG606 →
- aftermetawith, after, behindG3326 →
- oncehapaxonce, one time, once for allG530 →
- dieapothnēskōto die, of the natural death of man, of the violent death of man or animals, to perish by…G599 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 23-28