Hebrews 9:17
For a testament [is] of force when men are dead, since it is in no way of force while the testator is alive.)
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
16(For where [there is] a testament, the death of the testator must needs come in.
18Whence neither the first was inaugurated without blood.
Cross References
John 14:27I leave peace with you; I give *my* peace to you: not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it fear.
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 →