Hebrews 9:23
It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
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Luke 24:46and he said unto them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day;
Colossians 2:17which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ`s.
Hebrews 9:9which [is] a figure for the time present; according to which are offered both gifts and sacrifices that cannot, as touching the conscience, make the worshipper perfect,
Hebrews 9:24For Christ entered not into a holy place made with hands, like in pattern to the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us:
Hebrews 10:4For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.
1 Peter 1:19but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, [even the blood] of Christ:
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 →