Hebrews 9:26

for then must he often have suffered Since He could not have entered the Sanctuary of God's Holiest in the Heavens without some offering of atoning blood.

once "Once for all."

in the end of the world This phrase does not convey the meaning of the Greek which has "at the consummation of the ages" (Matthew 13:39; Matthew 13:49; Matthew 24:3; Matthew 28:20), in other words "when God's full time was come for the revelation of the Gospel" (comp. Hebrews 1:1; 1 Corinthians 10:11).

hath he appeared Lit., "He has been manifested" namely, "in the flesh" at the Incarnation (1 Timothy 3:16; 1 Peter 1:20, &c.).

to put away sin The word is stronger "for the annulmentof sin." Into this one word is concentrated the infinite superiority of the work of Christ. The High Priest even on the Day of Atonement could offer no sacrifice which could put away sin (Hebrews 10:4), but Christ's sacrifice was able to annulsin altogether.

by the sacrifice of himself The object of which was, as St Peter tells us, "to bring us to God" (1 Peter 3:18).