Hebrews 9:23
So it was necessary for the copies of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices, but for the heavenly things themselves to be purified with better sacrifices than these.
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Luke 24:46and said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day,
Colossians 2:17These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance is Christ.
Hebrews 9:9This is a symbol for the present time, during which gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper,
Hebrews 9:24For Christ did not enter holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true ones; he entered heaven itself, so that he might now appear before God on our behalf.
Hebrews 10:4For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
1 Peter 1:19but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or 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 →