New American Standard Bible 1995
Hebrews 7:27
27who does not need daily, like those high priests, to 1offer up sacrifices, 2first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people, because this He did 3once for all when He 4offered up Himself.
Hebrews 7:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
- New International Version (NIV)Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself.
- New King James Version (NKJV)who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people’s, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.
Context of Hebrews 7:27
25Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. 26For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens; who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people, because this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. 28For the Law appoints men as high priests who are weak, but the word of the oath, which came after the Law, appoints a Son, made perfect forever.
Read all of Hebrews 7Hebrews 7:27 word by word
ὃς οὐκ ἔχει καθ᾽ ἡμέραν ἀνάγκην ὥσπερ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς πρότερον ὑπὲρ τῶν ἰδίων ἁμαρτιῶν θυσίας ἀναφέρειν ἔπειτα τῶν τοῦ λαοῦ· τοῦτο γὰρ ἐποίησεν ἐφάπαξ ἑαυτὸν ἀνενέγκας.Read the interlinear
- whoὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- does not needἀνάγκηanagkē · necessityG318
- dailyκατάkata · according toG2596
- dailyἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
- likeὥσπερhōsper · just asG5618
- thoseὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- highἀρχιερεύςarchiereus · high-priestG749
- offerἀναφέρωanapherō · to carry upG399
- up sacrificesθυσίαthusia · sacrificeG2378
- firstπρότεροςproteros · beforeG4387
- for His ownἴδιοςidios · one's own/privateG2398
- sinsἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
- and thenἔπειταepeita · thenG1899
- of the peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992
- becauseγάρgar · forG1063
- thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- He didποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
- onceἐφάπαξephapax · once/at onceG2178
- up Himselfἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
Cross-references for Hebrews 7:27
- Hebrews 10:11Every priest stands daily ministering and offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins;
- Exodus 29:36Each day you shall offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement, and you shall purify the altar when you make atonement for it, and you shall anoint it to consecrate it.
- Numbers 28:2“Command the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘You shall be careful to present My offering, My food for My offerings by fire, of a soothing aroma to Me, at their appointed time.’
- Hebrews 5:3and because of it he is obligated to offer sacrifices for sins, as for the people, so also for himself.
- 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.
- Leviticus 4:3if the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer to the Lord a bull without defect as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.
- Leviticus 9:7Moses then said to Aaron, “Come near to the altar and offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, that you may make atonement for yourself and for the people; then make the offering for the people, that you may make atonement for them, just as the Lord has commanded.”
- 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 4:13‘Now if the whole congregation of Israel commits error and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly, and they commit any of the things which the Lord has commanded not to be done, and they become guilty;
- Leviticus 9:15Then he presented the people’s offering, and took the goat of the sin offering which was for the people, and slaughtered it and offered it for sin, like the first.
- Leviticus 16:15“Then he shall slaughter the goat of the sin offering which is for the people, and bring its blood inside the veil and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat and in front of the mercy seat.
- Hebrews 9:12and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.
- Hebrews 10:6In whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You have taken no pleasure.
- Isaiah 53:10But the Lord was pleased To crush Him, putting Him to grief; If He would render Himself as a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, And the good pleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand.
- Romans 6:10For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.
- Ephesians 2:22in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.
Commentaries on Hebrews 7:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Who needeth not daily - Though the high priest offered the great atonement only once in the year, yet in the Jewish services there was a daily acknowledgment of sin, and a daily sacrifice offered by the priests, at whose head was the high priest, for their own sins and the sins of the people. The Jews held that a priest who neglected his own expiatory sacrifice would be smitten with death. (Sanhedr., fol. 83.) When they offered this victim, they prayed…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Who needeth not daily, as those high priests - As the Jewish priests. This is an additional circumstance introduced to show the superior excellency of the High Priest of the Christian profession, and to show also how he was suited to our wants. The Jewish high priest was a sinful man. He had the same fallen and corrupt nature as others. He needed an expiatory sacrifice for his own sins as really as they did for theirs. When he approached God to offer…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-28Verses 26-28 Observe the description of the personal holiness of Christ. He is free from all habits or principles of sin, not having the least disposition to it in his nature. No sin dwells in him, not the least sinful inclination, though such dwells in the best of Christians. He is harmless, free from all actual transgression; he did no violence, nor was there any deceit in his mouth. He is undefiled. It is hard to keep ourselves pure, so as not to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-27Jesus is free from sin and different from sinners (see Hebrews 4:15). This makes him better than the old covenant priests, who had to handle their own sins and those of the people (see also 5:1–3). He holds the highest place of honor in heaven, affirming his unique role as high priest (see 2:9; 5:9; Philippians 2:5–11). once for all: This means once, never to be repeated, not once for all people.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. daily--"day by day." The priests daily offered sacrifices (He 9:6; 10:11; Ex 29:38-42). The high priests took part in these daily-offered sacrifices only on festival days; but as they represented the whole priesthood, the daily offerings are here attributed to them; their exclusive function was to offer the atonement "once every year" (He 9:7), and "year by year continually" (He 10:1). The "daily" strictly belongs to Christ, not to the high priests…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Hebrews 7
- 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
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