Hebrews 9:27

Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that comes judgment,

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In The King James Version

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

In Context

26If that had been the case, then he would have had to suffer many times since the beginning of the world. But now he has appeared at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself.

28so also, Christ was offered once to take away the sins of many, and will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but for the salvation of those who are waiting for him.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 14:14For we all must die, and we are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God will not take away life; instead, he finds a way for those who were driven away to be restored.

Job 19:25But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, 1 and that at last he will stand on the earth; 1

Psalms 89:48Who can live and not die, 1 or rescue his own life from the hand of Sheol? Selah 1

Ecclesiastes 9:5For living people know they will die, 2 but the dead do not know anything. 1 They no longer have any reward 2 because their memory is forgotten. 1

Ecclesiastes 11:9Take joy, young man, in your youth, 2 and let your heart be joyful in the days of your youth. 1 Pursue the good desires of your heart, 2 and whatever is within the sight of your eyes. 1 However, know that God will bring you into judgment for all these things. 1

Ecclesiastes 12:14For God will bring every deed into judgment, 2 along with every hidden thing, 1 whether it is good or evil.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 9:24-28

The Priesthood of Christ; The Second Coming of Christ. ( a. d. 62.) 23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: 25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year… Read the whole commentary →

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