But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsbut into the second the high priest alone, once in the year, not without blood, which he offereth for himself, and for the errors of the people:
But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
and into the second, once in the year, only the chief priest, not apart from blood, which he doth offer for himself and the errors of the people,
but into the second, the high priest only, once a year, not without blood, which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people:
About this book
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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)