Hebrews 9:27

Hebrews 9:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
• New International Version (NIV)Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment,
• English Standard Version (ESV)And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,

Context of Hebrews 9:27

25And He did not offer Himself again and again—as the kohen gadol enters into the Holy of Holies year after year with blood that is not his own. 26For then He would have needed to suffer again and again from the foundation of the world. But as it is, He has been revealed once and for all at the close of the ages—to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. And just as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this judgment, 28so also Messiah, was offered once to bear the sins of many. He will appear a second time, apart from sin, to those eagerly awaiting Him for salvation.

Hebrews 9:27 word by word

καὶ καθ᾽ ὅσον ἀπόκειται τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἅπαξ ἀποθανεῖν μετὰ δὲ τοῦτο κρίσις,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• ·κατάkata · according toG2596
• asὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
• it is appointedἀπόκειμαιapokeimai · to lay upG606
• unto menὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• unto menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• onceἅπαξhapax · onceG530
• to dieἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599
• butδέde · thenG1161
• afterμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• the judgmentκρίσιςkrisis · judgmentG2920

Cross-references for Hebrews 9:27

• Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow will you eat food, until you return to the ground, since from it were you taken. For you are dust, and to dust will you return.”
• 2 Samuel 14:14For we will all surely die and be like water spilt on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not take away life but rather, He devises plans so that a banished person may not remain an outcast from Him.
• Job 14:5Since his days are determined, the number of his months is with You, You have set his limits, which he cannot exceed.
• Job 30:23For I know that you will bring me to death, to the house appointed for all the living.
• Psalms 89:48Remember how short my life span is! For what futility have You created all the children of men?
• Ecclesiastes 3:20Both go to one place. Both were taken from the dust, and both return to the dust.
• Ecclesiastes 9:5For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, even the memory of them is forgotten.
• Ecclesiastes 12:7Then the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
• Romans 5:12So then, just as sin came into the world through one man and death through sin, in the same way death spread to all men because all sinned.
• Hebrews 6:2of teaching about immersions, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
• Job 19:25“Yet I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end, He will stand on earth.
• Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, young man, in your childhood, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
• Ecclesiastes 12:14God will bring every deed into judgment, including everything that is hidden, whether it is good or evil.
• Matthew 25:31“Now when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne.
• John 5:26For just as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.
• Acts 17:31For He has set a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness, through a Man whom He has appointed. He has brought forth evidence of this to all men, by raising Him from the dead.”

Commentaries on Hebrews 9:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27As it is appointed - · It is laid before them by the Divine decree: Dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return. Unto men generally, during the course of the present world, not all men as some falsely quote; for Enoch and Elijah have not died, and those that shall be alive at the day of judgment shall not die, but be changed. But after this the judgment - They shall die but once, and be judged but once, therefore there is no metempsychosis, no…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27And as it is appointed unto men once to die - Or, “since it is appointed unto men to die once only.” The object of this is to illustrate the fact that Christ died but once for sin, and that is done by showing that the most important events pertaining to man occur but once. Thus, it is with “death.” That does not, and cannot occur many times. It is the great law of our being that people die only once, and hence, the same thing was to be expected to occur…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. 27-28Christ's first coming was to remove the sins of many people. When he comes again, it will not be to address sins, as that is already done. Instead, he will bring salvation to everyone eagerly waiting for him (see study note on Galatians 5:5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. as--inasmuch as. it is appointed--Greek, "it is laid up (as our appointed lot)," Col 1:5. The word "appointed" (so Hebrew "seth" means) in the case of man, answers to "anointed" in the case of Jesus; therefore "the Christ," that is, the anointed, is the title here given designedly. He is the representative man; and there is a strict correspondence between the history of man and that of the Son of man. The two most solemn facts of our being are here…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 9:27

• Atonement
• Blood
• Death
• Judgment
• Man
• Offerings
• Types

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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