But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
WEB
But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.
YLT
And He, for sin one sacrifice having offered--to the end, did sit down on the right hand of God, --
DBT
But he, having offered one sacrifice for sins, sat down in perpetuity at [the] right hand ofGod,
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New TestamentHebrews — The NT's most sustained Old-Testament argument — an extended demonstration that Jesus is ‘better than’ every institution Judaism knew. Priesthood, covenant, tabernacle, sacrifice: all fulfilled in one great high priest.
- Author
- Unknown — the book itself does not name its author. Traditional attribution is Pauline (Clement of Alexandria, Origen, much of the Eastern church); Luther proposed Apollos; Tertullian preferred Barnabas; Harnack proposed Priscilla. Site does not adjudicate
- Date
- Mid-to-late 1st century AD, almost certainly before AD 70 (the book argues against the ongoing Temple liturgy as if the Temple still stands)