Hebrews 9:15
For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
In Context
16For where a last will and testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him who made it.
Cross References
Isaiah 53:10Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he will see his offspring. He will prolong his days and the LORD’s pleasure will prosper in his hand.
Matthew 19:29Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.
Matthew 25:36I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you visited me. I was in prison and you came to me.’
Luke 18:18A certain ruler asked him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
Romans 3:24being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
Romans 5:8But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 9:9-15
The Priesthood of Christ. ( a. d. 62.) 8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: 9 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; 10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. 11 But Christ… Read the whole commentary →