Hebrews 9:17
For the Testament is confirmed when men are dead: for it is yet of no force as long as he that made it, is aliue.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
16For where a Testament is, there must be the death of him that made the Testament.
18Wherefore neither was the first ordeined without blood.
Cross References
John 14:27Peace I leaue with you: my peace I giue vnto you: not as the worlde giueth, giue I vnto you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor feare.
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 →