New King James Version
Hebrews 10:3
3But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year.
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 Living Translation (NLT)But instead, those sacrifices actually reminded them of their sins year after year.
Context of Hebrews 10:3
1For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect. 2For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins. But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. 4For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins. 5Therefore, when He came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, But a body You have prepared for Me.
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ἀλλ᾽ ἐν αὐταῖς ἀνάμνησις ἁμαρτιῶν κατ᾽ ἐνιαυτόν·Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Hebrews 10:3
- Hebrews 9:7But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the people’s sins committed in ignorance;
- Exodus 30:10And Aaron shall make atonement upon its horns once a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonement; once a year he shall make atonement upon it throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord.”
- Leviticus 16:6“Aaron shall offer the bull as a sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house.
- Leviticus 23:27“Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the Lord.
- Numbers 29:7‘On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall afflict your souls; you shall not do any work.
- 1 Kings 17:18So she said to Elijah, “What have I to do with you, O man of God? Have you come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to kill my son?”
- Matthew 26:28For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission 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
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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
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