American Standard Version
Hebrews 9:20
20saying, This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded to you-ward.
Hebrews 9:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
- New International Version (NIV)He said, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)saying, "This is the blood of the covenant that God commanded for you."
- New King James Version (NKJV)saying, “This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you.”
Context of Hebrews 9:20
18Wherefore even the first covenant hath not been dedicated without blood. 19For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses unto all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, saying, This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded to you-ward. 21Moreover the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry he sprinkled in like manner with the blood. 22And according to the law, I may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.
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λέγων· τοῦτο τὸ αἷμα τῆς διαθήκης ἧς ἐνετείλατο πρὸς ὑμᾶς ὁ θεός·Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Hebrews 9:20
- Hebrews 13:20Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, even our Lord Jesus,
- Zechariah 9:11As for thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant I have set free thy prisoners from the pit wherein is no water.
- Matthew 26:28for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many unto remission of sins.
- Hebrews 9:16For where a testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him that made it.
- Hebrews 9:17For a testament is of force where there hath been death: for it doth never avail while he that made it liveth.
- Deuteronomy 29:12that thou mayest enter into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into his oath, which Jehovah thy God maketh with thee this day;
- Joshua 9:6And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We are come from a far country: now therefore make ye a covenant with us.
Commentaries on Hebrews 9:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20This is the blood of the testament - (covenant.) Our Lord refers to the conduct of Moses here, and partly quotes his words in the institution of the eucharist: This is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins, Matthew 26:28. And by thus using the words and applying them, he shows that his sacrificial blood was intended by the blood shed and sprinkled on this occasion, and that by it alone the remission of sins is…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Saying, This is the blood of the testament - Of the covenant; see notes on Hebrews 9:16-17. That is, this is the blood by which the covenant is ratified. It was the means used to confirm it; the sacred and solemn form by which it was made sure. When this was done, the covenant between God and the people was confirmed - as a covenant between man and man is when it is sealed. Which God hath enjoined unto you - In Exodus 24:8, “which God hath made with you.”…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-22Verses 15-22 The solemn transactions between God and man, are sometimes called a covenant, here a testament, which is a willing deed of a person, bestowing legacies on such persons as are described, and it only takes effect upon his death. Thus Christ died, not only to obtain the blessings of salvation for us, but to give power to the disposal of them. All, by sin, were become guilty before God, had forfeited every thing that is good; but God, willing to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20“This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you” (Exodus 24:8): Jesus used similar words at the Last Supper, talking about his own death (Matthew 26:28; Mark 14:24; 1 Corinthians 11:25).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. Ex 24:8, "Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord has made with you concerning all these words." The change is here made to accord with Christ's inauguration of the new testament, or covenant, as recorded in Lu 22:20, "This cup (is) the new Testament in My blood, which is shed for you": the only Gospel in which the "is" has to be supplied. Luke was Paul's companion, which accounts for the correspondence, as here too "is" has to be supplied…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Hebrews 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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