Hebrews 9:17
For the testament taketh auctoritie when men are deed: For it is of no value as longe as he that made it is a live.
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
16For whersoever is a testament there must also be the deeth of him that maketh the testament.
18For which cause also nether that fyrst testament was ordeyned with out bloud.
Cross References
John 14:27Peace I leve with you my peace I geve vnto you. Not as the worlde geveth geve I vnto you. Let not youre hertes be greved nether feare ye.
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 →