Hebrews 9:12

Hebrews 9:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
• New International Version (NIV)He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption.
• English Standard Version (ESV)he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.

Context of Hebrews 9:12

10They are physical regulations and only deal with food, drink, and various washings imposed until the time of the new order. 11But Christ has appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come. In the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands (that is, not of this creation), he entered the most holy place once for all time, not by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption. 13For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow, sprinkling those who are defiled, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, 14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works so that we can serve the living God?

Hebrews 9:12 word by word

οὐδὲ δι᾽ αἵματος τράγων καὶ μόσχων διὰ δὲ τοῦ ἰδίου αἵματος εἰσῆλθεν ἐφάπαξ εἰς τὰ ἅγια αἰωνίαν λύτρωσιν εὑράμενος.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Neitherοὐδέoude · norG3761
• byδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• the bloodαἷμαaima · bloodG129
• of goatsτράγοςtragos · he-goatG5131
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• calvesμόσχοςmoschos · calfG3448
• butδέde · thenG1161
• his ownἴδιοςidios · one's own/privateG2398
• he entered inεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• onceἐφάπαξephapax · once/at onceG2178
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the holy placeἅγιοςhagios · holyG40
• having obtainedεὑρίσκωheuriskō · to find/meetG2147
• eternalαἰώνιοςaiōnios · eternalG166
• redemptionλύτρωσιςlutrōsis · redemptionG3085
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588

Cross-references for Hebrews 9:12

• Hebrews 9:13For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow, sprinkling those who are defiled, sanctify for the purification of the flesh,
• Hebrews 10:4For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
• Leviticus 8:2“Take Aaron, his sons with him, the garments, the anointing oil, the bull of the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread,
• Leviticus 9:15Aaron presented the people’s offering. He took the male goat for the people’s sin offering, slaughtered it, and made a sin offering with it as he did before.
• Leviticus 16:5He is to take from the Israelite community two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.
• Hebrews 1:3The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact expression of his nature, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
• Hebrews 10:9he then says, See, I have come to do your will. He takes away the first to establish the second.
• Acts 20:28Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood.
• Ephesians 1:7In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace
• Colossians 1:14In him we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
• 1 Peter 1:18For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold,
• Revelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has set us free from our sins by his blood,
• Revelation 5:9And they sang a new song: You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slaughtered, and you purchased people for God by your blood from every tribe and language and people and nation.
• Hebrews 9:7But the high priest alone enters the second room, and he does that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
• Hebrews 10:12But this man, after offering one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God.
• Hebrews 9:26Otherwise, he would have had to suffer many times since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared one time, at the end of the ages, for the removal of sin by the sacrifice of himself.

Commentaries on Hebrews 9:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12But by his own blood - Here the redemption of man is attributed to the blood of Christ; and this blood is stated to be shed in a sacrificial way, precisely as the blood of bulls, goats and calves was shed under the law. Once - Once for all, , in opposition to the annual entering of the high priest into the holiest, with the blood of the annual victim. The holy place - Or sanctuary, ̔ͅ, signifies heaven, into which Jesus entered with his own blood, as the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Neither by the blood of goats and calves - The Jewish sacrifice consisted of the shedding of the blood of animals. On the great day of the atonement the high priest took with him into the most holy place: (1)the blood of a young bullock Leviticus 16:3, Leviticus 16:11, which is here called the blood of a “calf,” which he offered for his own sin; and, (2)the blood of a goat, as a sin-offering for others; Leviticus 16:9, Leviticus 16:15. It was “by,” or “by…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-14Verses 11-14 All good things past, present, and to come, were and are founded upon the priestly office of Christ, and come to us from thence. Our High Priest entered into heaven once for all, and has obtained eternal redemption. The Holy Ghost further signified and showed that the Old Testament sacrifices only freed the outward man from ceremonial uncleanness, and fitted him for some outward privileges. What gave such power to the blood of Christ? It was…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Christ's offering is better because he used his own blood, not the blood of goats and calves (see Leviticus 16:3–5). Christ's offering is better because he entered the Most Holy Place once for all time. Unlike the sacrifices in the old covenant, which had to be repeated every year (Hebrews 10:1), the sacrificial death of Jesus was needed only once and secured our redemption forever.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. 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 (Le 16:6, 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…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 9:12

• Atonement
• Blood
• Church
• Gospel
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Law
• Offerings
• Purification
• Redemption
• Symbols and Similitudes
• Tabernacle
• Types
• Works

In the dictionaries

• Holy place
• Altar
• Bear
• Clean
• Goat
• High priest
• Humiliation of Christ
• Intercession of Christ
• Ordinance
• Redemption

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