Hebrews 12:24

And to Jesus the mediator of the new testament, and to the sprinkling of blood which speaketh better than that of Abel.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

In Context

23And to the church of the firstborn, who are written in the heavens, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the just made perfect,

25See that you refuse him not that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke upon the earth, much more shall not we, that turn away from him that speaketh to us from heaven.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:10And he said to him: What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth to me from the earth.

Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to me: hear and your soul shall lire, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the faithful mercies of David.

Matthew 23:35That upon you may come all the just blood that hath been shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just, even unto the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachias, whom you killed between the temple and the altar.

Mark 14:24And he said to them: This is my blood of the new testament, which shall be shed for many.

Luke 22:20In like manner the chalice also, after he had supped, saying: This is the chalice, the new testament in my blood, which shall be shed for you.

Hebrews 7:22By so much is Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 12:19-29

Nature of the Christian Economy. ( a. d. 62.) 18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, 19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more: 20 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: 21 And so terrible was the sight, that… Read the whole commentary →

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