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, since it has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very form of things, can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually year by year, make perfect those who draw near. 2Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have had consciousness of sins? But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year by year. 4For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. 5Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, “Sacrifice and offering You have not desired, But a body You have prepared for Me;

Hebrews 10:3 word by word

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

• thoseαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• there is a reminderἀνάμνησιςanamnēsis · remembranceG364
• of sinsἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
• yearἐνιαυτόςeniautos · yearG1763

Cross-references for Hebrews 10:3

• Hebrews 9:7but into the second, only the high priest enters once a year, not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance.
• Exodus 30:10Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once a year; he shall make atonement on it with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once a year throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord.”
• Leviticus 16:6Then Aaron shall offer the bull for the sin offering which is for himself, that he may make atonement for himself and for his household.
• Leviticus 23:27“On exactly the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement; it shall be a holy convocation for you, and you shall humble your souls and present an offering by fire to the Lord.
• Numbers 29:7‘Then on the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation, and you shall humble yourselves; you shall not do any work.
• 1 Kings 17:18So she said to Elijah, “What do I have to do with you, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my iniquity to remembrance and to put my son to death!”
• Matthew 26:28for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for 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