Hebrews 10:3

Hebrews 10:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
• New International Version (NIV)But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year.

Context of Hebrews 10:3

1For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. 2If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins. Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins, 4because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. 5Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.

Hebrews 10:3 word by word

ἀλλ᾽ ἐν αὐταῖς ἀνάμνησις ἁμαρτιῶν κατ᾽ ἐνιαυτόν·Read the interlinear

• Insteadἀλλάalla · butG235
• ·ἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• thoseαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• an annualκατάkata · according toG2596
• an annualἐνιαυτόςeniautos · yearG1763
• reminderἀνάμνησιςanamnēsis · remembranceG364
• of sinsἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266

Cross-references for Hebrews 10:3

• Hebrews 9:7But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
• Exodus 30:10Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on the horns of the altar. Throughout your generations he shall make atonement on it annually with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. The altar is most holy to the LORD.”
• Leviticus 16:6Aaron is to present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household.
• Leviticus 23:27“The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present a food offering to the LORD.
• Numbers 29:7On the tenth day of this seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you shall humble yourselves; you must not do any work.
• 1 Kings 17:18“O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”
• Matthew 26:28This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Commentaries on Hebrews 10:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year - The reference here is to the sacrifices made on the great day of atonement. This occurred once in a year. Of course as often as a sacrifice was offered, it was an acknowledgment of guilt on the part of those for whom it was made. As these sacrifices continued to be offered every year, they who made the offering were reminded of their guilt and their desert of punishment. All…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Instead of removing guilt, the ongoing sacrifices actually reminded those who wished to come near to God, year after year, that they were guilty before God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. But--so far from those sacrifices ceasing to be offered (He 10:2). in, &c.--in the fact of their being offered, and in the course of their being offered on the day of atonement. Contrast He 10:17. a remembrance--a recalling to mind by the high priest's confession, on the day of atonement, of the sins both of each past year and of all former years, proving that the expiatory sacrifices of former years were not felt by men's consciences to have fully…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 10:3

• Atonement
• Law
• Offerings
• Types

In the dictionaries

• Approach
• Assembling
• Assurance
• Consider
• Draw
• Fearful
• High priest
• Judge
• Provoke
• Shadow

Commentaries on Hebrews 10

• 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
• 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