Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Hebrews 10:4
It is impossible the blood of goats should take away sins — Either the guilt or the power of them.
It is impossible the blood of goats should take away sins — Either the guilt or the power of them.
Verse Hebrews 10:4. _FOR_ IT IS _NOT POSSIBLE_] Common sense must have taught them that shedding the blood of bulls and goats could never satisfy Divine justice, nor take away guilt from the conscienc...
FOR IT IS NOT POSSIBLE THAT THE BLOOD OF BULLS AND OF GOATS SHOULD TAKE AWAY SINS - The reference here is to the sacrifices which were made on the great day of the atonement, for on that day the blood...
CHAPTER 10 _ 1. The all-sufficiency of the one offering (Hebrews 10:1)_ 2. Exhortations (Hebrews 10:19) 3. Warning (Hebrews 10:26) 4. Encouragements ...
In this closing part of the theological discussion the writer dwells further on the finality of Christ's one sacrifice, and shows how it has brought to an end the annually repeated offerings under the...
THE ONLY TRUE SACRIFICE (Hebrews 10:1-10)...
Because the law is only a pale shadow of the blessings which are to come and not a real image of these things, it can never really fit for the fellowship of God those who seek to draw near to his pres...
TAKE AWAY. See Romans 11:27....
_it is not possible …_ This plain statement of the nullity of sacrifices _in themselves_, and regarded as mere outward acts, only expresses what had been deeply felt by many a worshipper under the Old...
ἈΔΎΝΑΤΟΝ ΓΆΡ. This plain statement of the nullity of sacrifices _in themselves_, and regarded as mere outward acts, only expresses what had been deeply felt by many a worshipper under the Old Covenant...
THE ONE SACRIFICE AND THE MANY SACRIFICES...
CH. 10. The first eighteen verses of this chapter are a summary, rich with fresh thoughts and illustrations, of the topics on which he has been dwelling; namely (1) The one sacrifice of Christ compare...
_THE PURPOSE AND THE WILL OF GOD -- HEBREWS 10:1-10:_ The law, with all its ceremonies and sacrifices, was only a shadow or type of what was to come under the gospel dispensation. The legal sacrifices...
ΆΔΎΝΑΤΟΣ (G102) невозможный, ΑΊΜΑ (G129) кровь, ΤΑΎΡΟΣ (G5022) телец, вол. ΤΡΆΓΟΣ (G5131) козел, ΆΦΑΙΡΕΊΝ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΆΦΑΙΡΈΩ (G851) забирать, отбирать, удалять. _Praes._ обозначает длит...
FOR IT IS NOT POSSIBLE, &C.— "And indeed the reason of this is plain: for it is in the nature of things impossible, that the blood of bulls and of goats should on the whole take away sins, or make a r...
G. _He is a Priest of a better sacrifice. Hebrews 10:1-39_. 1. _The impossibility of the Mosaic sacrifice to take away sins. Hebrews 10:1-4_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 10:1-4...
THE TYPICAL SACRIFICE (Hebrews 10:1-4) The 10th chapter of our epistle has two main divisions: the first is occupied with a setting forth of the sufficiency of Christ’s sacrifice unto those who belie...
For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. FOR - Reason why, necessarily, there is a continually-recurring 'remembrance of sins' in legal sacrifices (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...
SACRIFICE COMPLETE IN THE FULFILMENT OF GOD'S WILL. THE OPEN WAY TO GOD Recapitulation and close of the argument. The sacrifices of the Law were ineffective to cleanse the conscience, as shown by thei...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 10 A NEW *SACRIFICE AND WAY TO LIFE 10:1-39 THE LAW WAS A SHADOW OF THINGS TO COME 10:1-4 V1 The law of Moses provides only a poor copy...
This verse explains those which precede. No inconsistency really belonged to these sacrifices and this ceremonial, though so often repeated; for it was impossible that any such sacrifice should really...
The sacrifices of the law inadequate....
_Finality of Christ's one sacrifice_. The law merely presents a shadow of the essential spiritual blessings and does not perfect those who seek God through it. Its sacrifices therefore must be continu...
“LO, I COME TO DO THY WILL” Hebrews 10:1 When a heavenly body is in eclipse it can be examined with even greater precision than when the astronomer's eye is directed toward its burning glory; so in L...
The writer now deals with the subject of the better worship. In this connection he again quotes from the prophecy of Jeremiah in order to emphasize the prediction of the new covenant concerning the fo...
SACRIFICES UNDER MOSES' LAW WERE INSUFFICIENT The blood of the law was not sufficient to cleanse men of sin. The law was just a shadow, or vague outline, of the good things that were to come under the...
But in them a remembrance of sins is made every year. For it is impossible that with the blood of oxen and goats sins should be taken way. The sacrifices of the former law, even that great sacrifice o...
(1) For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perf...
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...
4._For it is not possible, etc. _He confirms the former sentiment with the same reason which he had adduced before, that the blood of beasts could not cleanse souls from sin. The Jews, indeed, had in...
In Chapter 10 this principle is applied to the sacrifice. Its repetition proved that sin was there. That the sacrifice of Christ was only offered once, was the demonstration of its eternal efficacy. H...
FOR IT IS NOT POSSIBLE,.... There is a necessity of sin being taken away, otherwise it will be remembered; and there will be a conscience of it, and it must be answered for, or it will remain marked,...
᾿Αδύνατον γὰρ αἷμα ταύρων καὶ τράγων ἀφαιρεῖν ἁμαρτίας. There is no difficulty in the words, and very little difference in the translations of them. The Vulgar renders ἀφαιρεῖν by the passive: “Imposs...
For _it is_ not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. Ver. 4. _Should take away sins_] And so pacify conscience; for sin is to the conscience as a mote to the eye, as a...
HEB. 10:2-4. FOR THEN WOULD THEY NOT HAVE CEASED TO BE OFFERED? BECAUSE THAT THE WORSHIPPERS ONCE PURGED SHOULD HAVE HAD NO MORE CONSCIENCE OF SINS. BUT IN THOSE (SACRIFICES THERE) A REMEMBRANCE AGAI...
_For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats_ Or of any brute animals; _should take away sins_ Should make full satisfaction and atonement for them, so as to procure the pardon of them on...
SHOULD TAKE AWAY SINS; by making an expiation for them. The sincere offerers of these victims under the law did indeed receive forgiveness; but it was by virtue of the atonement of Christ, which the J...
THE INSUFFICIENCY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT SACRIFICES COMPARED WITH THE ONE PERFECT OFFERING OF CHRIST. The insufficiency of the Old Testament offerings:...
FOR IT IS NOT POSSIBLE THAT THE BLOOD OF BULLS AND OF GOATS SHOULD TAKE AWAY SINS. The fact which has stood out in the entire discussion till now, namely, that all the acts of worship in the Old Testa...
The attentive reader cannot but notice the thoroughness with which this subject is treated in these Chapter s. It is a matter of profound importance, basic as regards any true knowledge of God, and as...
1-10 The apostle having shown that the tabernacle, and ordinances of the covenant of Sinai, were only emblems and types of the gospel, concludes that the sacrifices the high priests offered continual...
FOR gives a reason of the precedent proof, that the legal sacrifices did keep sins in remembrance; for they were of such matter as could not have any causal power to take them away. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE...
Hebrews 10:4 For G1063 possible G102 blood G129 bulls G5022 and G2532 goats G5131 away G851 (G5721) sins...
‘But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance made of sins year by year, for it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.' But this was not so with ‘those sacrifices'. I...
THE OLD COVENANT (THE LAW) COULD NOT DO MAKE MEN AND WOMEN PERFECT. IT WAS A FAILURE AS FAR AS TAKING AWAY SIN WAS CONCERNED (HEBREWS 10:1)....
Hebrews 10:4. Nor could it be otherwise, for the sacrifices themselves are inherently defective. This teaching may seem to contradict the statement that ‘the blood upon the altar' makes an atonement f...
Hebrews 10:1-18. We now reach the conclusion of the argument, which is also in part a repetition. Christ's offering of Himself, as contrasted with the yearly offerings of the Law, is the completion of...
SHOULD TAKE AWAY (αφαιρειν). Present active infinitive of αφαιρεω. Old verb and common in N.T., only here and Romans 11:27 with "sins". Cf. Hebrews 9:9....
SINS SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
Hebrews 10:1 Lo, I come. I. None but the Son of God could offer unto the Father a sacrifice to please Him, and to reconcile us unto Him in a perfect manner. The burnt-offerings and sin-offerings were...
Hebrews 10:1. _For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers the...
Hebrews 10:1. _For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers the...
Hebrews 10:1. _For the law_ The old ceremonial law of Moses, Hebrews 10:1. _Having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they o...
Hebrews 10:1. _For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers the...
CONTENTS: Law only a shadow of things to come. Through Christ a way made into the Holiest for all believers. Warning to the Hebrews who were wavering between Jewish sacrifices and Christ's finished wo...
Hebrews 10:1. _The law having a shadow of good things to come._ St. Paul, ere his epistles were engrossed, weighed his words, adjusted his thoughts, collated them with the prophets, and knew the suppo...
CAN NEVER TAKE SINS AWAY. The animals killed on Jewish altars had a moral effect on the people, and pointed forward to the Messiah, but had no real effect on sins. Micah taught the same thing, and imp...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 10:4 IMPOSSIBLE... TO TAKE AWAY SINS. These animal sacrifices _symbolized_ the payment for sin, but they did not in and of themselves accomplish it. No animal was worthy of pay...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 10:1 In contrast to the repeated OT sacrifices, Jesus came in order to eternally sanctify his people through offering himself as a sacrifice once for all. ⇐
CHRIST’S ONE SACRIFICE IS ALTOGETHER SUFFICIENT _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ THE first eighteen verses of this chapter are in the nature of a summary of what has already been presented, with some...
EXPOSITION HEBREWS 10:1 CONCLUDING SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT WITH RESPECT TO CHRIST'S ETERNAL PRIESTHOOD....
For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very substance of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perf...
1 John 3:5; Amos 5:21; Amos 5:22; Hebrews 10:11; Hebrews 10:8;...
The intendment of our apostle in these words, is to prove that the sacrifices of the law could not expiate sin, nor make reconciliation with God, wich the sacrifice of Christ alone was ordained and ap...