Hebrews 10:4 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 10:4

because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.

KJV

For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For it is not possible - Common sense must have taught them that shedding the blood of bulls and goats could never satisfy Divine justice, nor take away guilt from the conscience; and God intended that they should understand the matter so: and this the following quotation from the Psalmist sufficiently proves.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀδύνατον	adunaton	Impossible [it is]	G102 →
γὰρ	gar	indeed	G1063 →
αἷμα	haima	[for the] blood	G129 →
ταύρων	taurōn	of bulls	G5022 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τράγων	tragōn	of goats	G5131 →
ἀφαιρεῖν	aphairein	to take away	G851 →
ἁμαρτίας.¶	hamartias	sins.	G266 →

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The walk

The walk8

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
Romans 11:27
And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”
leads to
- Jeremiah 31:31–34
  Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
- Isaiah 59:21
  “As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your…
- Jeremiah 32:38–40
  They will be My people, and I will be their God.
- Ezekiel 36:25–29
  I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
Through
1 John 3:5
But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
  God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- Hebrews 9:28
  so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
- 1 Peter 3:18
  For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
- 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.”