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Hebrews 9:12

With his own blood—not the blood of goats and calves—he entered the Most Holy Place once for all time and secured our redemption forever.

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Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Atonement;   Blood;   Church;   Gospel;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Law;   Offerings;   Purification;   Redemption;   Symbols and Similitudes;   Tabernacle;   Types;   Works;   Scofield Reference Index - Judgments;   Thompson Chain Reference - Man;   Redemption;   The Topic Concordance - Jesus Christ;   Redemption;   Sacrifice;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ascension of Christ, the;   Atonement, the;   Calf, the;   Christ, the High Priest;   Church, the;   Covenant, the;   Heaven;   High Priest, the;   Holy of Holies;   Law of Moses, the;   Purifications or Baptisms;   Redemption;   Red Heifer, the;   Tabernacle;   Types of Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Law;   Priest;   Sacrifice;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Blood;   Day of atonement;   Forgiveness;   Interpretation;   Jesus christ;   Mediator;   Priest;   Redemption;   Sacrifice;   Tabernacle;   Type, typology;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Fulfillment;   Offerings and Sacrifices;   Promise;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Altar;   Baptism ;   Humiliation of Christ;   Knowledge of God (1);   Easton Bible Dictionary - Clean;   Goat;   High Priest;   Humiliation of Christ;   Intercession of Christ;   Redemption;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Atonement;   Atonement, Day of;   Baptism;   High Priest;   Sacrifice;   Suretiship;   Veil of the Temple;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acceptance;   Cattle;   Day of Atonement;   Festivals;   Hebrews;   Mediator;   Salvation;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Atonement;   Atonement, Day of;   Faith;   Goat;   Hebrews, Epistle to;   Justification, Justify;   Priest;   Sanctification, Sanctify;   Wool;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Access ;   Ascension;   Blood;   Calf;   Day of Atonement ;   Death of Christ;   Debt, Debtor;   Deliverer;   Eternal Everlasting;   Goat ;   Hebrews Epistle to the;   Lord's Supper (Ii);   Mediator;   Messenger;   Pre-Eminence ;   Priest;   Priest (2);   Propitiation;   Propitiation (2);   Ransom;   Redemption;   Redemption (2);   Sacrifice;   Sacrifice (2);   Salvation Save Saviour;   Sin;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Atonement, Day of;   Eternal;   Mercy Seat;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Eternal;   Sacrifice;   Veil;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Atonement;   Clean and unclean;   High priest;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Atonement, the Day of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Priest;   Sacrifice;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ascension;   Christ, Offices of;   Clean;   Covenant, the New;   Goat;   Hebrews, Epistle to the;   Intercession of Christ;   Mercy-Seat, the;   Papyrus;   Priest, High;   Priesthood in the New Testament;   Ransom;   Text and Manuscripts of the New Testament;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for October 18;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
he entered the most holy place once for all time, not by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption.
King James Version (1611)
Neither by the blood of Goats and Calues: but by his owne blood hee entred in once into the Holy place, hauing obtained eternall redemption for vs.
King James Version
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
English Standard Version
he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
New American Standard Bible
and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all time, having obtained eternal redemption.
New Century Version
Christ entered the Most Holy Place only once—and for all time. He did not take with him the blood of goats and calves. His sacrifice was his own blood, and by it he set us free from sin forever.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and 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.
Legacy Standard Bible
and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy places once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.
Berean Standard Bible
He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
Contemporary English Version
Then Christ went once for all into the most holy place and freed us from sin forever. He did this by offering his own blood instead of the blood of goats and bulls.
Complete Jewish Bible
he entered the Holiest Place once and for all. And he entered not by means of the blood of goats and calves, but by means of his own blood, thus setting people free forever.
Darby Translation
nor by blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, has entered in once for all into the [holy of] holies, having found an eternal redemption.
Easy-to-Read Version
Christ entered the Most Holy Place only one time—enough for all time. He entered the Most Holy Place by using his own blood, not the blood of goats or young bulls. He entered there and made us free from sin forever.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Neither by the blood of goates and calues: but by his owne blood entred he in once vnto the holy place, and obteined eternall redemption for vs.
George Lamsa Translation
And he did not enter with the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, he entered in once into the holy place, and obtained for us everlasting redemption.
Good News Translation
When Christ went through the tent and entered once and for all into the Most Holy Place, he did not take the blood of goats and bulls to offer as a sacrifice; rather, he took his own blood and obtained eternal salvation for us.
Lexham English Bible
and not by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, he entered once for all into the most holy place, obtaining eternal redemption.
Literal Translation
nor through the blood of goats and of calves, but through His own blood, He entered once for all into the Holy of Holies, having procured everlasting redemption.
Amplified Bible
He went once for all into the Holy Place [the Holy of Holies of heaven, into the presence of God], and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, having obtained and secured eternal redemption [that is, the salvation of all who personally believe in Him as Savior].
American Standard Version
nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption.
Bible in Basic English
And has gone once and for ever into the holy place, having got eternal salvation, not through the blood of goats and young oxen, but through his blood.
Hebrew Names Version
nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the Holy Place, having obtained eternal redemption.
International Standard Version
Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with his own blood he went into the Holy of Holies once for all and secured our eternal redemption.Daniel 9:24; Zechariah 3:9; Acts 20:28; Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:14; Hebrews 9:26,28; 1 Peter 1:19; Revelation 1:5; 5:9;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Nor entered he with the blood of goats and calves, but with the blood of himself he entered once the holy place, and hath found eternal redemption.
Murdock Translation
And he did not enter with the blood of goats and calves; but with the blood of himself, he entered once into the sanctuary, and obtained eternal redemption.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Neither by the blood of Goates and Calues: but by his owne blood he entred in once into the holy place, & founde eternall redemption.
English Revised Version
nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption.
World English Bible
nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the Holy Place, having obtained eternal redemption.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
not made with hands, that is, not of this building, And not by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, entered in once for all into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Weymouth's New Testament
and once for all entered the Holy place, taking with Him not the blood of goats and calves, but His own blood, and thus procuring eternal redemption for us.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
not of this makyng, nether bi blood of goot buckis, or of calues, but bi his owne blood, entride onys in to the hooli thingis, that weren foundun bi an euerlastinge redempcioun.
Update Bible Version
nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption.
Webster's Bible Translation
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood; he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption [for us].
New English Translation
and he entered once for all into the most holy place not by the blood of goats and calves but by his own blood, and so he himself secured eternal redemption.
New King James Version
Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.
New Life Bible
Christ went into the Holiest Place of All one time for all people. He did not take the blood of goats and young cows to give to God as a gift in worship. He gave His own blood. By doing this, He bought us with His own blood and made us free from sin forever.
New Revised Standard
he entered once for all into the Holy Place, not with the blood of goats and calves, but with his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Nor yet through blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood he entered once for all into the Holy place, age-abiding redemption discovering.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Neither by the blood of goats or of calves, but by his own blood, entered once into the Holies, having obtained eternal redemption.
Revised Standard Version
he entered once for all into the Holy Place, taking not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
nether by the bloud of gotes and calves: but by his awne bloud we entred once for all into the holy place and founde eternall redemcion.
Young's Literal Translation
neither through blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, did enter in once into the holy places, age-during redemption having obtained;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
nether by the bloude of goates or calues: but by his owne bloude entred he once for all in to the holy place, and hath founde eternall redempcion.
Mace New Testament (1729)
nor with the blood of goats and calves, but with his own blood he enter'd once for all into the holy of holys, after having obtained for us an eternal redemption.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus didn't use the blood of animals to forgive sin, he used his own blood. Since it was perfect, there never needs to be another sacrifice for those who believe in him.

Contextual Overview

8 By these regulations the Holy Spirit revealed that the entrance to the Most Holy Place was not freely open as long as the Tabernacle and the system it represented were still in use. 9 This is an illustration pointing to the present time. For the gifts and sacrifices that the priests offer are not able to cleanse the consciences of the people who bring them. 10 For that old system deals only with food and drink and various cleansing ceremonies—physical regulations that were in effect only until a better system could be established. 11 So Christ has now become the High Priest over all the good things that have come. He has entered that greater, more perfect Tabernacle in heaven, which was not made by human hands and is not part of this created world. 12 With his own blood—not the blood of goats and calves—he entered the Most Holy Place once for all time and secured our redemption forever. 13 Under the old system, the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer could cleanse people's bodies from ceremonial impurity. 14 Just think how much more the blood of Christ will purify our consciences from sinful deeds so that we can worship the living God. For by the power of the eternal Spirit, Christ offered himself to God as a perfect sacrifice for our sins.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

by the: Hebrews 9:13, Hebrews 10:4, Leviticus 8:2, Leviticus 9:15, Leviticus 16:5-10

by his: Hebrews 1:3, Hebrews 10:9-14, Acts 20:28, Ephesians 1:7, Colossians 1:14, Titus 2:14, 1 Peter 1:18, 1 Peter 1:19, Revelation 1:5, Revelation 5:9

he entered: Hebrews 9:7, Hebrews 9:24-26, Hebrews 10:12, Hebrews 10:19

once: Hebrews 9:26, Hebrews 9:28, Hebrews 10:10, Zechariah 3:9

having: Hebrews 9:15, Hebrews 5:9, Daniel 9:24, Mark 3:29, Galatians 3:13, Galatians 3:14, 1 Thessalonians 1:10

Reciprocal: Exodus 28:30 - upon his heart Exodus 28:35 - goeth in Exodus 39:1 - holy place Exodus 40:29 - the altar Leviticus 4:16 - General Leviticus 4:31 - a sweet Leviticus 6:30 - General Leviticus 12:7 - make Leviticus 16:3 - Aaron Leviticus 16:15 - bring Leviticus 23:28 - General Numbers 3:50 - General Numbers 35:25 - abide in it Numbers 35:28 - after the death Deuteronomy 9:26 - which thou hast brought forth 1 Kings 8:13 - a settled 2 Chronicles 6:2 - I have built Psalms 111:9 - sent Isaiah 51:6 - my salvation Isaiah 53:5 - But he was Luke 21:23 - woe 1 Corinthians 1:30 - redemption 1 Corinthians 6:20 - ye Galatians 4:5 - redeem 1 Timothy 2:6 - gave Hebrews 4:14 - that is Hebrews 6:20 - for Hebrews 7:27 - this Hebrews 9:14 - the blood Hebrews 9:19 - the blood Hebrews 9:23 - the heavenly Hebrews 9:25 - as Revelation 13:6 - and his

Cross-References

Genesis 9:17
Then God said to Noah, "Yes, this rainbow is the sign of the covenant I am confirming with all the creatures on earth."
Genesis 9:23
Then Shem and Japheth took a robe, held it over their shoulders, and backed into the tent to cover their father. As they did this, they looked the other way so they would not see him naked.
Genesis 9:25
Then he cursed Canaan, the son of Ham: "May Canaan be cursed! May he be the lowest of servants to his relatives."
Genesis 9:26
Then Noah said, "May the Lord , the God of Shem, be blessed, and may Canaan be his servant!
Genesis 9:28
Noah lived another 350 years after the great flood.
Genesis 17:11
You must cut off the flesh of your foreskin as a sign of the covenant between me and you.
Exodus 12:13
But the blood on your doorposts will serve as a sign, marking the houses where you are staying. When I see the blood, I will pass over you. This plague of death will not touch you when I strike the land of Egypt.
Exodus 13:16
This ceremony will be like a mark branded on your hand or your forehead. It is a reminder that the power of the Lord 's mighty hand brought us out of Egypt."
Joshua 2:12
"Now swear to me by the Lord that you will be kind to me and my family since I have helped you. Give me some guarantee that

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Neither by the blood of goats and calves,.... With which the high priest entered into the holy place, within the vail, on the day of atonement, Leviticus 16:14 for Christ was not an high priest of the order of Aaron, nor could the blood of these creatures take away sin, nor would God accept of such sacrifices any longer:

but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place; which shows the truth of his human nature, and the virtue of its blood, as in union with his divine Person; by which he opened the way into the holiest of all, as the surety of his people, and gives them boldness and liberty to follow him there; he carried his blood not in a basin, as the high priest carried the blood of goats and calves, but in his veins; and by it, having been shed by him, he entered not into the holy place made with hands, but into heaven itself; and that not every year, as the high priest, but "once" for all, having done his work; or as follows,

having obtained eternal redemption; for us, from sin, Satan, the law, and death, to which his people were in bondage, and which he obtained by paying a ransom price for them; which was not corruptible things, as silver and gold but his precious, blood: in the original text it is, "having found eternal redemption"; there seems to be an allusion to Job 33:24. This was what was sought for long ago by the, Old Testament saints, who were wishing, waiting, and longing for this salvation; it is a thing very precious and difficult to find; it is to be had nowhere but in Christ, and when found in him, is matter of great joy to sensible sinners; God found it in him, and found him to be a proper person to effect it; and Christ has found it by being the author of it: this is called an eternal redemption, because it extends to the saints in all ages; backwards and forwards; it includes eternal life and happiness; and such as are sharers in it shall never perish, but shall be saved with an everlasting salvation; it is so called in opposition to the carnal expiations of the high priests, and in distinction from temporal redemptions, deliverances, and salvations. Remarkable is the paraphrase of Jonathan ben Uzziel on Genesis 49:18.

"Jacob said, when he saw Gideon the son of Joash, and Samson the son of Manoah, who should be redeemers; not for the redemption of Gideon am I waiting, nor for the redemption of Samson am I looking, for their redemption is a temporal redemption; but for thy redemption am I waiting and looking, O Lord, because thy redemption is עלמין

פורקן, "an everlasting redemption":''

another copy reads, for the redemption of Messiah the son of David; and to the same purpose is the Jerusalem paraphrase on the place; in Talmudic language it would be called פדייה עולמית x

x T. Shebuot, fol. 11. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Neither by the blood of goats and calves - The Jewish sacrifice consisted of the shedding of the blood of animals. On the great day of the atonement the high priest took with him into the most holy place:

(1)The blood of a young bullock Leviticus 16:3, Leviticus 16:11, which is here called the blood of a “calf,” which he offered for his own sin; and,

(2)The blood of a goat, as a sin-offering for others; Leviticus 16:9, Leviticus 16:15. It was “by,” or “by means of” - διὰ dia - blood thus sprinkled on the mercyseat, that the high priest sought the forgiveness of his own sins and the sins of the people.

But by his own blood - That is, by his own blood shed for the remission of sins. The meaning is, that it was in virtue of his own blood, or “by means” of that, that he sought the pardon of his people. That blood was not shed for himself - for he had no sin - and consequently there was a material difference between his offering and that of the Jewish high priest. The difference related to such points as these.

(1)The offering which Christ made was wholly for others; that of the Jewish priest for himself as well as for them.

(2)The blood offered by the Jewish priest was that of animals; that offered by the Saviour was his own.

(3)That offered by the Jewish priest was only an emblem or type - for it could not take away sin; that offered by Christ had a real efficacy, and removes transgression from the soul.

He entered into the holy place - Heaven. The meaning is, that as the Jewish high priest bore the blood of the animal into the Holy of Holies, and sprinkled it there as the means of expiation, so the offering which Christ has to make in heaven, or the consideration on which he pleads for the pardon of his people, is the blood which he shed on Calvary. Having made the atonement, he now pleads the merit of it as a “reason” why sinners should be saved. It is not of course meant that he literally bore his own blood into heaven - as the high priest did the blood of the bullock and the goat into the sanctuary; or that he literally “sprinkled” it on the mercy-seat there, but that that blood, having been shed for sin, is now the ground of his pleading and intercession for the pardon of sin - as the sprinkled blood of the Jewish sacrifice was the ground of the pleading of the Jewish high priest for the pardon of himself and the people.

Having obtained eternal redemption for us - That is, by the shedding of his blood. On the meaning of the word “redemption,” see notes on Galatians 3:13. The redemption which the Lord Jesus effected for his people is eternal. It will continue forever. It is not a temporary deliverance leaving the redeemed in danger of falling into sin and ruin, but it makes salvation secure, and in its effects extends through eternity. Who can estimate the extent of that love which purchased for us “such” a redemption? Who can be sufficiently grateful that he is thus redeemed? The doctrine in this verse is, that the blood of Christ is the means of redemption, or atones for sin. In the following verses the apostle shows that it not only makes atonement for sin, but that it is the means of sanctifying or purifying the soul.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Hebrews 9:12. But by his own blood — Here the redemption of man is attributed to the blood of Christ; and this blood is stated to be shed in a sacrificial way, precisely as the blood of bulls, goats and calves was shed under the law.

OnceOnce for all, εφαπαξ, in opposition to the annual entering of the high priest into the holiest, with the blood of the annual victim.

The holy place — Or sanctuary, τα αγια, signifies heaven, into which Jesus entered with his own blood, as the high priest entered into the holy of holies with the blood of the victims which he had sacrificed.

Eternal redemption — αιωνιαν λυτρωσιν. A redemption price which should stand good for ever, when once offered; and an endless redemption from sin, in reference to the pardon of which, and reconciliation to God, there needs no other sacrifice: it is eternal in its merit and efficacy.


 
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