Hebrews 12:24

to Jesus, the intermediary of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that tells of better things than the blood of Abel.

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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

23to the festal gathering and assemblage of God’s firstborn whose names are enrolled in heaven, to God the judge of all people, to the spirits of the righteous who have attained perfection,

25Beware how you refuse to hear him who is speaking. For, if the Israelites did not escape punishment, when they refused to listen to him who taught them on earth the divine will, far worse will it be for us, if we turn away from him who is teaching us from heaven.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:10“What have you done?” the Lord replied, “Listen! Your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground.

Matthew 23:35so that on your heads may fall every drop of innocent blood spilt on earth, from the blood of innocent Abel down to that of Zechariah, Barachiah’s son, whom you murdered between the Temple and the altar.

Mark 14:24“This is my covenant-blood,” he said, “which is poured out on behalf of many.

Hebrews 7:22And the oath shows the corresponding superiority of the covenant of which Jesus is appointed the surety.

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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