Hebrews 9:23
There was a necessity therefore that the representations of the things in heaven should be purified by these; but the celestial things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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Luke 24:46and said to them, That thus it is written, and thus must the Messiah suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day
Colossians 2:17which are merely shadows of things to come: but the body is Christ’s.
Hebrews 9:9which figurative representation continues unto the present time, according to which both gifts and sacrifices are offered, which cannot, with respect to conscience, make him perfect who performs the services,
Hebrews 9:24For Christ is not entered into the holies made with hands, the antitypes of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear before the presence of God for us:
Hebrews 10:4For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sin.
1 Peter 1:19but by the precious blood of Christ, as the unblemished and spotless lamb:
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 →