Hebrews 9:27

And inasmuch as it is reserved to men once to die, and after this, judgment,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

In Context

26since it would be necessary for him to suffer often, from the foundation of the world. But now once, at the end of the ages, he was made known for an annulment of sin by the sacrifice of himself.

28so also the Christ, having been offered once in order to take up the sins of many, will appear a second time, independent of sin, to those waiting for him for salvation.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 14:14For we must die, and are as water split on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again, neither does God take away life, but devises means that he who is banished be not an outcast from him.

Job 19:25But as for me I know that my Redeemer lives, and at last he will stand up upon the earth.

Psalms 89:48What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

Ecclesiastes 9:5For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know not anything, nor have they any more a reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.

Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes. But know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgmen

Ecclesiastes 12:14For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 9:24-28

The Priesthood of Christ; The Second Coming of Christ. ( a. d. 62.) 23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: 25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year… Read the whole commentary →

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