Hebrews 9:17

for [a] through-placement/disposition/covenant upon to{dead[plural]} [is] confirmed[adjective], since not-whereby it-is-having-strength when the through-place[ing]/disposition[ing]/covenant[ing]-such-as-to-be-through-placed/dispositioned/covenanted is-being-alive,

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

In Context

16for which-where [is] through-placement/disposition/covenant compulsion, death [is] to-be-being-carried of{the through-place[ing]/disposition[ing]/covenant[ing]-such-as-to-be-through-placed/dispositioned/covenanted},

18whence neither the first has-been-new-ized-in apart-from of{blood},

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Cross References

John 14:27Peace I-am-letting-off/away to{you}. I-am-giving to{you} peace, the mine, not according-as the world is-giving, I am-giving to{you}. The heart of{you}: do_not_be-being-disturbed; nor, [the heart of{you}:] be-cower-ing.

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 →

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