Hebrews 9:17
for a testament goes into effect after men are dead: seeing that it has no validity at all while the testator lives.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
16For where a testament is, it is necessary that there be brought in the death of the testator:
18Wherefore, the first covenant was not instituted without blood.
Cross References
John 14:27Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, and let it not be afraid.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 9:16-23
The Priesthood of Christ. ( a. d. 62.) 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 receive the promise of eternal inheritance. 16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. 18 Whereupon neither the first… Read the whole commentary →