Hebrews 9:15

And for this reason he became the Mediator of the new covenant, that he might by his death be redemption, to them who had transgressed the first covenant; so that they, who are called to the eternal inheritance, might receive the promise.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

14then how much more will the blood of the Messiah, who by the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purge our conscience from dead works, so that we may serve the living God?

16For where there is a testament, it indicateth the death of him who made it.

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Cross References

Matthew 19:29And every man that relinquisheth houses, or brothers or sisters, or father or mother, or wife or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.

Matthew 25:36I was naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me.

Luke 18:18And one of the chiefs asked him, and said to him: Good Teacher, what shall I do, that I may inherit eternal life?

Romans 3:24And they are justified gratuitously, by grace, and by the redemption which is in Jesus Messiah;

Romans 5:8God hath here manifested his love towards us. Because, if when we were sinners, Messiah 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 →

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