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Hebrews 9:16
For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
Verse 16. _FOR WHERE A TESTAMENT IS_] A learned and judicious friend furnishes me with the following translation of this and the _17_th verse:- "For where there is a covenant, it is necessary that th...
FOR WHERE A TESTAMENT IS - This is the same word - διαθήκη diathēkē - which in Hebrews 8:6, is rendered “covenant.” For the general signification of the word, see note on that verse. There is so mu...
CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The first tabernacle and its worship (Hebrews 9:1)_ 2. The blood and the perfect work accomplished (Hebrews 9:11) 3. The Priest in heaven (Hebrews 9:24)...
It is shown, in a brief digression, that the death of Christ was necessary in order that the new covenant should come into force. An eternal inheritance_ i.e._ an enduring fellowship with God was prom...
THE GLORY OF THE TABERNACLE (Hebrews 9:1-5)...
It is through him that there emerges a new covenant between God and man; and the purpose behind this new covenant is that those who have been called might receive the eternal inheritance which has bee...
THERE MUST, &C. = it is necessary that the death... be brought in. TESTATOR. appointed (victim). Greek. _diatithemi._ See Hebrews 8:10....
_For where a testament is_ In these two verses (16, 17), and these only, _Diathçkç_is used in its Greek and Roman sense of "a will," and not in its Hebrew sense of "a covenant." The sudden and momenta...
ὍΠΟΥ ΓᾺΡ ΔΙΑΘΉΚΗ. In these two verses (16, 17), and these only, διαθήκη is used in its Greek and Roman sense of “a will,” and not in its Hebrew sense of “a covenant.” The sudden and momentary change i...
THE INDISPENSABLENESS AND EFFICACY OF THE DEATH OF CHRIST...
CH. 9. After thus tracing the contrast between the Two Covenants, the writer proceeds to shew the difference between their _ordinances of ministration_ (Hebrews 9:1 to Hebrews 10:18). He contrasts the...
_THE BLOOD OF THE NEW COVENANT HEBREWS 9:15-23:_ One other major benefit of the death of Christ was the ratification of the New Covenant. His death provided atonement for those under both the Old and...
ΆΝΆΓΚΗ (G318) необходимость, ΦΈΡΕΣΘΑΙ _praes. pass. inf. от_ ΦΈΡΩ (G5342) нести; _pass._ быть принесенным. Инфинитив как дополнение: "должно быть принесено". Это слово, вероятно, используется как юри...
FOR WHERE A TESTAMENT IS, &C.— "For where a covenant is engaged in, answerable to that which typified this of which I now speak,—to make it firm and binding, there must be necessarily something done,...
_The effectiveness of the new covenant based upon the death of Christ. Hebrews 9:15-22_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 9:15-22 Hebrews 9:15 And for this cause He is the Mediator of a new covenant, that a
THE NEW TESTAMENT (Hebrews 9:16-22) Having affirmed (Hebrews 9:12; Hebrews 9:14) that the blood of Christ is the means of the believer’s redemption, in verse 15, the apostle proceeds to make further...
For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. An axiomatic truth; "a (not 'the') testament." The testator must die before his testament takes effect (Hebrews...
13 This refers to the two great sin offerings of Lev.16 and Num.19. The victim was burned, the ashes preserved, and water that flowed over them availed to purify. This ordinance fills an important pla...
9:16 testament, (e-6) The word translated 'covenant' and 'testament' is the same; 'a disposition.' 'Covenant,' in connection with God, is a disposition which he has made, on the ground of which man is...
TESTAMENT] The Gk. word (_diathekç_) means either covenant or testament (i.e. will), and in this v. the writer passes from the former to the latter sense. For the operation of the terms of a testament...
THE NEW COVENANT AND THE SACRIFICE OF CHRIST Hebrews 9:1 to Hebrews 10:39. The writer now proceeds to elaborate in greater detail the contrast between the old covenant and the new. The old covenant ha...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 9 A NEW WAY TO PRAISE GOD 9:1-28 THE OLD HOLY PLACE 9:1-10 V1 The first agreement had rules for praising God and giving him honour and r...
TESTAMENT. — As has been already pointed out, the greatest difference of opinion has existed in regard to the meaning of the Greek word _diathçkç_ in this passage. (See Note on Hebrews 7:22.) It will...
ὅπου γὰρ διαθήκη … The meaning of these words is doubtful. In the LXX διαθήκη occurs about 280 times and in all but four instances translates בְרִית, covenant. In classical and Hellenistic Greek, howe...
THE BLOOD WHICH SEALED THE NEW COVENANT Hebrews 9:11 We are led to consider Christ's high-priestly work. The scene for it is no edifice made with hands in this transitory world, but eternal and divin...
Because of the better priesthood and the better covenant a better worship is established. First, the sanctuary is described. Christ is set forth as the One who has entered into a greater Tabernacle th...
(11) For where a testament [is], there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. (11) A reason why the testament must be established by the death of the Mediator, because this testament ha...
For where there is a testament, the death of the testator, &c. The same Greek word, corresponding to the Hebrew word Berith, is often used both in the books of the old and new Scriptures. The ancient...
(15) And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might recei...
The apostle now resumes his great theme, Christ called a Priest of God for ever after the order of Melchisedec. He alludes, in the beginning of our chapter, to the historical facts of Genesis. We must...
_MEDIATION AND ATONEMENT_ ‘He is the Mediator of the New Testament … and without shedding of blood is no remission.’ Hebrews 9:15 God has entered into covenant relationship with men. That has been...
16._For where a testament is, etc. _Even this one passage is a sufficient proof, that this Epistle was not written in Hebrew; for ברית means in Hebrew a covenant, but not a testament; but in Greek , δ...
The epistle, recounting some particular circumstances which characterised the first covenant shews that neither were sins put away, nor was the conscience purged by its means, nor the entrance into th...
FOR WHERE A TESTAMENT IS,.... The covenant of grace, as administered under the Gospel dispensation, is a testament or will. The Jews have adopted the Greek word, here used, into their language, and pr...
῞Οπου γὰρ διαθήκη, θάνατον ἀνάγκη θέρεσθαι τοῦ διαθεμένου· διαθήκη γὰρ ἐπὶ νεκροῖς βεβαία, ἐπεὶ μήποτε ἰσχύει ὅτε ζῇ ὁ διαθέμενος. Θάνατον ἀνάγκη φέρεσθαι. Syr., מַוְתָא היּ מְחַיְּיָא “the death of...
For where a testament _is_, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. Ver. 16. _For where a testament is_] _See Trapp "_ Heb 8:6 _"_ Here the testator is Christ, heirs the saints, le...
HEB. 9:16-17. FOR WHERE A TESTAMENT (IS), THERE MUST ALSO OF NECESSITY BE THE DEATH OF THE TESTATOR. FOR A TESTAMENT (IS) OF FORCE AFTER MEN ARE DEAD; OTHERWISE IT IS OF NO STRENGTH AT ALL WHILE THE...
_For where a testament is_ That is, where there is a covenant, which is also a testament; _there must of necessity be the death of the testator_ As if he had said, The reason why there was a necessity...
Chapter s 9 and 10 form a wonderful climax in the orderly presentation of the truth in this epistle: If according to the new covenant, a man must be morally fitted for the presence of God by means of...
BE: Or, be brought in...
15-22 The solemn transactions between God and man, are sometimes called a covenant, here a testament, which is a willing deed of a person, bestowing legacies on such persons as are described, and it...
FOR WHERE A TESTAMENT IS: _for_ gives the reason of the Mediator's death, even the putting the called into the possession of the bequeathed inheritance, demonstrated by a common, natural law in all na...
Hebrews 9:16 For G1063 where G3699 testament G1242 necessity G318 be G5342 (G5745) death G2288 testator G1303 ...
Hebrews 9:16. And it is a covenant with all the requisite validity. FOR WHERE A COVENANT IS, THERE MUST ALSO BE (BROUGHT IN or, there is necessarily implied) THE DEATH OF THE COVENANTING VICTIM....
A TESTAMENT (διαθηκη). The same word occurs for covenant (verse Hebrews 9:15) and will (verse Hebrews 9:16). This double sense of the word is played upon also by Paul in Galatians 3:15. We say today...
Hebrews 9:1. _Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary._ That is to say, a material sanctuary, a sanctuary made out of such things as this world c...
Hebrews 9:1. _Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary._ That is, a sanctuary belonging to this world, a visible sanctuary. That first covenant wa...
1 _Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary._ An external sanctuary, a material structure, and therefore belonging to this world. Hebrews 9:2. _F...
CONTENTS: Ordinances and sanctuary of the old covenant as types of the new. The realities of the new covenant which is sealed by the blood of Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Aaron, High Priest,...
Hebrews 9:2. _A tabernacle wherein was the candlestick._ For a description of this portable temple, which disdains borrowing figures from the Egyptian temples, though they had some figures analogous t...
WHERE THERE IS A WILL. The same Greek word means both covenant and will. Now the explanation shifts to the _probation of a will._ "To show why Christ had to die to make the New Covenant possible, I re...
_Mediator of the new testament_ THE TWO MEDIATORS: I. Is WHAT RESPECTS JESUS AND MOSES ARE MEDIATORIALLY ALIKE. 1. Both of Divine appointment. 2. Both give to the world the notion of a covenant wi...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 9:11 When compared to Mosaic tabernacle worship (vv. Hebrews 9:1), the new covenant high priesthood of Jesus provides a single superior sacrifice in a superior heavenly taberna...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 9:16 WILL. Either the will of a person who has died (compare “inheritance” in v. Hebrews 9:15) or an ancient Near Eastern “covenant.” Making
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 9:11. GOOD THINGS TO COME.—Lit. “who procures future blessings”; in the sense of spiritual blessings. _Farrar_ suggests the reading “of the good things that hav...
EXPOSITION _The sphere _of Christ's "more excellent ministry," as the "Mediator of a better covenant," having been shown to be elsewhere than in the earthly tabernacle, the ministry itself is now con...
Hebrews chapter 9. In the eighth chapter of the book of Hebrews, he makes mention of the prophecy in Jeremiah where God said that in those days He was going to make a new covenant with the people, not...
Hebrews 9:16...
For where a testament is [ο π ο υ γ α ρ δ ι α θ η κ η]. "The English Version has involved this passage in hopeless obscurity by introducing the idea of a testament and a testator." This statement of R...
I say by means of death; for where such a covenant is, there must be the death of him by whom it is confirmed — Seeing it is by his death that the benefits of it are purchased. It seems beneath the di...