Hebrews 9:23 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 9:23

So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

BSB

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ASV

It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The patterns of things in the heavens - The tabernacle and its various utensils; see the notes on Heb 8:5. Be purified with these - With water and blood, and by these ceremonies. But the heavenly things themselves - The heavenly tabernacle or sanctuary into which Christ has entered, and where he performs the functions of his ministry. The use of the word “purified” here applied to heaven, does not imply that heaven was before “unholy,” but it denotes that it is now made accessible to sinners; or that they may come and worship there in an acceptable manner.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

But the heavenly things themselves - Our heaven-born spirits: what more this may mean we know not yet. By better sacrifices than these - That is, by a better sacrifice, which is here opposed to all the legal sacrifices, and is expressed plurally, because it includes the signification of them all, and is of so much more eminent virtue.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

These heavenly things are the privileges of the gospel state, begun in grace, perfected in glory. These must be ratified by a suitable sanction or consecration; and this was the blood of Christ. Now it is very evident that the sacrifice of Christ is infinitely better than those of the law.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Christ's body, the true tabernacle (see on Heb 8:2; Heb 9:11), as bearing our imputed sin (2Co 5:21), was consecrated (Joh 17:17, 19) and purified by the shedding of His blood to be the meeting place of God and man. sacrifices--The plural is used in expressing the general proposition, though strictly referring to the one sacrifice of Christ once for all.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἀνάγκη	Anagkē	[It was] necessary	G318 →
οὖν	oun	then [for]	G3767 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
μὲν	men	indeed	G3303 →
ὑποδείγματα	hupodeigmata	representations	G5262 →
τῶν	tōn	of the [things]	G3588 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τοῖς	tois	the	G3588 →
οὐρανοῖς	ouranois	heavens	G3772 →
τούτοις	toutois	with these	G3778 →
καθαρίζεσθαι	katharizesthai	to be purified	G2511 →
αὐτὰ	auta	themselves	G846 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
ἐπουράνια	epourania	heavenly things	G2032 →
κρείττοσιν	kreittosin	with better	G2908 →
θυσίαις	thusiais	sacrifices	G2378 →
παρὰ	para	than	G3844 →
ταύτας.	tautas	these.	G3778 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 9:14
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
leads to
- Hebrews 10:22
  let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
- 1 Peter 1:19
  but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
- 1 John 1:7
  But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
- Hebrews 9:12
  He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
- 1 Peter 2:24
  He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
Through
Hebrews 9:24
For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
leads to
- Hebrews 12:2
  Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand…
- Hebrews 9:11–12
  But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part…
Through
Hebrews 10:4
because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
leads to
- Hebrews 10:11
  Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Hebrews

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Hebrews