Hebrews 9:23
It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with sacrifices better than these.
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Luke 24:46And he said to them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and should rise from the dead on 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 present time, in accordance with which are offered both gifts and sacrifices, which have no power as to the conscience to perfect the worshipper,
Hebrews 9:24For Christ did not enter into a sanctuary made with hands, which is only a copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God in our behalf.
Hebrews 10:4For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.
1 Peter 1:19but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot;
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 →