Hebrews 10:11

Hebrews 10:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
• New International Version (NIV)Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

Context of Hebrews 10:11

9Then Christ said, ‘Here I am. I have come to do what you want.’ In that way, Christ took away the first agreement and its rules about sacrifices. Christ's sacrifice of his own body is the new way that God forgives our sins. 10Jesus Christ was ready to do what God wanted. He offered his own body to God once, for all time. Because of Christ's sacrifice, God has made us clean so that we belong to him. Every day, the priests do their work to serve God. They offer the same sacrifices to God again and again. But those sacrifices can never take away people's sins. 12But Christ, our special priest, offered one sacrifice to take away our sins. He did that once, for all time. After that, he sat down at God's right side to rule with him. 13Since then, he waits for God to win against his enemies completely. They will become like a place for him to put his feet.

Hebrews 10:11 word by word

Καὶ πᾶς μὲν ἱερεὺς ἕστηκεν καθ᾽ ἡμέραν λειτουργῶν καὶ τὰς αὐτὰς πολλάκις προσφέρων θυσίας, αἵτινες οὐδέποτε δύνανται περιελεῖν ἁμαρτίας·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• ·μένmen · on the other handG3303
• everyπᾶςpas · allG3956
• priestἱερεύςhiereus · priestG2409
• standethἵστημιhistēmi · to standG2476
• ·κατάkata · according toG2596
• dailyἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• ministeringλειτουργέωleitourgeō · to ministerG3008
• offeringπροσφέρωprospherō · to bring toG4374
• oftentimesπολλάκιςpollakis · oftenG4178
• theθυσίαthusia · sacrificeG2378
• sameὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• sameαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• whichὅστιςhostis hētis ho6ti · who/whichG3748
• canδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• neverοὐδέποτεoudepote · neverG3763
• take awayπεριαιρέωperiaireō · to take awayG4014
• sinsἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266

Cross-references for Hebrews 10:11

• Hebrews 7:27Jesus is not like the Levite priests. They need to offer sacrifices to God every day. First, they offer sacrifices so that God will forgive their own sins. Then they offer sacrifices on behalf of the other people, so that God will forgive their sins too. But Jesus offered one sacrifice for all time. That sacrifice was himself.
• Exodus 29:38You must offer a regular gift on the altar each day. This offering must be two lambs that are one year old.
• Numbers 28:3You must say to them, “This is the offering by fire that you must offer to the Lord: It must be two male lambs that are one year old. They must not have anything wrong with them. That is the burnt offering for every day.
• Numbers 29:6Offer these sacrifices as well as the burnt offering, grain offerings and drink offerings that you give each month and each day. The smell of the smoke from these sacrifices will cause the Lord to be happy.
• Ezekiel 45:4The priests will have this holy part of the land. They are the men who work in the temple and come near to the Lord to serve him. The priests' houses will be there, as well as the temple.
• Daniel 8:11It boasted that it was more powerful than the Captain of heaven's army. It stopped people from offering their sacrifices to God each day. It destroyed God's temple.
• Daniel 9:21While I was praying, Gabriel came towards me. He was the same man that I had seen in the first vision. He flew quickly to me at the time of the evening sacrifice.
• Daniel 11:31He will send his soldiers to attack Jerusalem's strong place. They will go into the holy place of the temple and they will make it unclean. They will stop people from offering the sacrifices each day. They will put a disgusting thing that causes trouble in the holy place.
• Daniel 12:11People will suffer for 1,290 days during that time of trouble. It will start from the time when people can no longer offer their sacrifices each day in the temple. That is when the enemy will put a disgusting thing that causes trouble in the holy place.
• Luke 1:9The priests chose one of their group to go into the holy place in the temple. This time they chose Zechariah. His job was to burn incense there.
• Hebrews 10:4We know that the blood of bulls and of goats cannot remove the punishment for sins.
• Psalms 50:8You offer sacrifices and burnt offerings to me all the time but that is not why I speak against you.
• Isaiah 1:11The Lord says, ‘All your sacrifices are not important to me. I have received too many sacrifices that you have burned as gifts to me. I have received too many sheep and fat animals. I do not want any more blood from bulls, goats and lambs that you have offered to me as sacrifices. They do not give me any pleasure.

Commentaries on Hebrews 10:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Every priest standeth - The office of the Jewish priest is here compared with the office of our High Priest. The Jewish priest stands daily at the altar, like a servant ministering, repeating the same sacrifices; our High Priest offered himself once for all, and sat down at the right hand of God, as the only-begotten Son and Heir of all things, Hebrews 10:12. This continual offering argued the imperfection of the sacrifices. Our Lord's once offering…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11And every priest standeth daily ministering - That is, this is done every day. It does not mean literally that every priest was daily concerned in offering sacrifices, for they took turns according to their courses, (notes on Luke 1:5), but that this was done each day, and that every priest was to take his regular place in doing it; Numbers 28:3. The object of the apostle is to prove that under the Jewish economy sacrifices were repeated constantly…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-18Verses 11-18 Under the new covenant, or gospel dispensation, full and final pardon is to be had. This makes a vast difference between the new covenant and the old one. Under the old, sacrifices must be often repeated, and after all, only pardon as to this world was to be obtained by them. Under the new, one Sacrifice is enough to procure for all nations and ages, spiritual pardon, or being freed from punishment in the world to come. Well might this be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11every priest stands: See Deuteronomy 18:5. Day after day: For example, see 2 Chronicles 13:11.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. And--a new point of contrast; the frequent repetition of the sacrifices. priest--The oldest manuscripts read, "high priest." Though he did not in person stand "daily" offering sacrifices, he did so by the subordinate priests of whom, as well as of all Israel, he was the representative head. So "daily" is applied to the high priests (He 7:27). standeth--the attitude of one ministering; in contrast to "sat down on the right hand of God," He 10:12, said…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 10:11

• Atonement
• Law
• Offerings
• Priest
• Types

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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