Hebrews 9:17
for a covenant is valid in case of the dead: since it has no force while the covenanter lives.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
16For where there is a covenant, it is necessary to bear the death of the covenanter;
18Neither was the first covenant therefore dedicated without blood.
Cross References
John 14:27My peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world gives, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor afraid.
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 →