Hebrews 9:25

Hebrews 9:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
• New International Version (NIV)Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own,
• New King James Version (NKJV)not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another—

Context of Hebrews 9:25

23Therefore, it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves to be purified with better sacrifices than these. 24For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands (only a model of the true one) but into heaven itself, so that he might now appear in the presence of God for us. He did not do this to offer himself many times, as the high priest enters the sanctuary yearly with the blood of another. 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. 27And just as it is appointed for people to die once — and after this, judgment —

Hebrews 9:25 word by word

οὐδ᾽ ἵνα πολλάκις προσφέρῃ ἑαυτόν, ὥσπερ ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς εἰσέρχεται εἰς τὰ ἅγια κατ᾽ ἐνιαυτὸν ἐν αἵματι ἀλλοτρίῳ·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Nor yetοὐδέoude · norG3761
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• he should offerπροσφέρωprospherō · to bring toG4374
• himselfἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• oftenπολλάκιςpollakis · oftenG4178
• asὥσπερhōsper · just asG5618
• the high priestὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the high priestἀρχιερεύςarchiereus · high-priestG749
• enterethεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the holy placeἅγιοςhagios · holyG40
• everyκατάkata · according toG2596
• yearἐνιαυτόςeniautos · yearG1763
• withἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• bloodαἷμαaima · bloodG129
• of othersἀλλότριοςallotrios · another’sG245

Cross-references for Hebrews 9:25

• 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 10:10By this will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all time.
• Hebrews 9:12he 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.
• Exodus 30:10“Once a year Aaron is to perform the atonement ceremony for the altar. Throughout your generations he is to perform the atonement ceremony for it once a year, with the blood of the sin offering for atonement on the horns. The altar is especially holy to the Lord.”
• Leviticus 16:2The Lord said to Moses, “Tell your brother Aaron that he may not come whenever he wants into the holy place behind the curtain in front of the mercy seat on the ark or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.

Commentaries on Hebrews 9:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25Nor yet that he should offer himself often - The sacrifice of Christ is not like that of the Jewish high priest; his must be offered every year, Christ has offered himself once for all: and this sacrificial act has ever the same efficacy, his crucified body being still a powerful and infinitely meritorious sacrifice before the throne.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Nor yet that he should offer himself often - The Jewish high priest entered the most holy place with blood once every year. In this respect the offering made by Christ, and the work which he performed, differed from that of the Jewish high priest. It was not needful that he should enter the holy place but once. Having entered there, he permanently remains there. With the blood of others - That is, with the blood of calves, and goats. This is a second…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-28Verses 23-28 It is evident that the sacrifices of Christ are infinitely better than those of the law, which could neither procure pardon for sin, nor impart power against it. Sin would still have been upon us, and have had dominion over us; but Jesus Christ, by one sacrifice, has destroyed the works of the devil, that believers may be made righteous, holy, and happy. As no wisdom, learning, virtue, wealth, or power, can keep one of the human race from…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-26Under the old covenant, the priests had to repeat the sacrifice on the Day of Atonement every year (Leviticus 16:29–34). Christ's better sacrifice was made once and for all time.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. As in He 9:24, Paul said, it was not into the typical, but the true sanctuary, that Christ is entered; so now he says, that His sacrifice needs not, as the Levitical sacrifices did, to be repeated. Construe, "Nor yet did He enter for this purpose that He may offer Himself often," that is, "present Himself in the presence of God, as the high priest does (Paul uses the present tense, as the legal service was then existing), year by year, on the day of…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 9:25

• Atonement
• Blood
• Church
• Jesus, the Christ
• Offerings
• Types

In the dictionaries

• High priest
• Holy place
• Altar
• Bear
• Ordinance
• Remission
• Sanctuary
• Stand
• Tabernacle
• Washing

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