Hebrews 9:17
because a will is in force after men are dead, since it never takes effect while the one who made it lives.
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
16Now where there is a will, the death of the one who made it must be established;
18Therefore, not even the first covenant was inaugurated without blood;
Cross References
John 14:27“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you; it is not like the world gives that I give to you. Do not let your heart be distressed or intimidated.
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 →