For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor a testament is of force where there hath been death: for it doth never avail while he that made it liveth.
because a will does not take effect until the one who made it has died; it cannot be executed while he is still alive.
for a covenant over dead victims is stedfast, since it is no force at all when the covenant-victim liveth,
For a testament [is] of force when men are dead, since it is in no way of force while the testator is alive.)
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)