Hebrews 9:25

Nor did He enter for the purpose of many times offering Himself in sacrifice, just as the High Priest enters the Holy place, year after year, taking with him blood not his own.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;

In Context

24For not into a Holy place built by men's hands--a mere copy of the reality--did Christ enter, but He entered Heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.

26In that case Christ would have needed to suffer many times, from the creation of the world onwards; but as a matter of fact He has appeared once for all, at the Close of the Ages, in order to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

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Cross References

Hebrews 9:7But into the second, the High Priest goes only on one day of the year, and goes alone, taking with him blood, which he offers on his own behalf and on account of the sins which the people have ignorantly committed.

Hebrews 9:14how much more certainly shall the blood of Christ, who strengthened by the eternal Spirit offered Himself to God, free from blemish, purify your consciences from lifeless works for you to serve the ever-living God?

Hebrews 10:10It is through that divine will that we have been set free from sin, through the offering of Jesus Christ as our sacrifice once for all.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 9:24-28

The Priesthood of Christ; The Second Coming of Christ. ( a. d. 62.) 23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: 25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year… Read the whole commentary →

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