Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Hebrews 9:17
After he is dead — Neither this, nor after men are dead is a literal translation of the words. It is a very perplexed passage.
After he is dead — Neither this, nor after men are dead is a literal translation of the words. It is a very perplexed passage.
HEBREWS 9:17 mh,pote {A} Instead of mh,pote, three Greek manuscripts (a* D* 075* vid) read mh. to,te, which then requires the reader to understand the sentence as a question (“… since it is not in fo...
FOR A TESTAMENT - Such an arrangement as God enters into with man; see the remarks on Hebrews 9:16. IS OF FORCE - Is ratified, or confirmed - in the same way as a deed or compact is confirmed by affi...
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...
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...
THE GLORY OF THE TABERNACLE (Hebrews 9:1-5)...
OF FORCE. sure. Greek. _bebaios._ See Hebrews 6:19. AFTER, &C. = over (Greek. _epi)_ the dead (victims). See Genesis 15:9; Jeremiah 34:18. NO... AT ALL. Greek. _me pote._ str
_after men are dead_ This rendering expresses the meaning rightly a will is only valid "in cases of death," "in the case of men who are dead." _Ex vi termini_, "a testament," is the disposition which...
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...
ἘΠῚ ΝΕΚΡΟΙ͂Σ. Lit., “_over the dead_.” The A.V. rendering (“after men are dead”) expresses the meaning rightly—a will is only valid “in cases of death,” “in the case of men who are dead.” _Ex vi termi...
_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...
ΒΈΒΑΙΟΣ (G949) твердый, гарантированный. Используется в юридическом значении: действующий (BAGD; TLNT; Riggenbach). ΈΠΕ (G1893) так как, потому что. ΜΉΠΟΤΕ (G3379) никогда, ΙΣΧΎΕΙ _praes. ind. act....
FOR A TESTAMENT IS OF FORCE, &C.— _For a covenant made where death is, is valid._ The verse may be paraphrased thus: "For you know that sacrificial rites have ever attended the most celebrated covenan...
_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 a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. AFTER, [ epi (G1909)] - 'over;' we say 'upon the death of the testator.' The Greek...
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...
AFTER MEN ARE DEAD] RV 'where there hath been a death.' The Gk. is lit. 'over dead.'...
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...
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...
(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...
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 A TESTAMENT IS OF FORCE AFTER MEN ARE DEAD,.... The necessity of Christ's death is here urged, from the nature and force of a testament or will, among men, which does not take place, and cannot be...
῞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 a testament _is_ of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. Ver. 17. _While the testator liveth_] For it is in his power to alter it at his plea...
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...
FOR A TESTAMENT IS OF FORCE AFTER MEN ARE DEAD; OTHERWISE IT IS OF NO STRENGTH AT ALL WHILE THE TESTATOR LIVETH. Having shown that the high-priestly office of Christ was in every respect more excellen...
The necessity of Christ's death:...
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...
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 A TESTAMENT IS OF FORCE AFTER MEN ARE DEAD: the testator being by death disseised of his goods and lands, the right takes place of the legatees, and the time of their challenging it; such a sacred...
Hebrews 9:17 For G1063 testament G1242 force G949 after G1909 dead G3498 since G1893 has G2480 no G3379 power...
Hebrews 9:17. FOR A COVENANT IS OF FORCE OVER THE DEAD (or on the condition that some persons (or things) have died), SINCE IT HAS NO AVAIL AT ALL WHILE THE COVENANTING VICTIM LIVETH....
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...
FOR A WILL MEANS NOTHING. "During a man's lifetime, he may do as he pleases with his will, because it is not valid. His death is necessary for it to go into effect, just as an animal must die on the a...
_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...
Galatians 3:15; Genesis 48:21; John 14:27...
For a testament is of force after men are dead [δ ι α θ η κ η γ α ρ ε π ι ν ε κ ρ ο ι ς β ε β α ι α]. Rend. "for a covenant is of force (or sure) over (or upon) dead (victims)." Comp. Soph. Elect. 237...