12Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; …
And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-14)In these verses the apostle undertakes to deliver to us the mind and meaning of the Holy Ghost in all the ordinances of the tabernacle and legal economy, comprehending both place and worship. The scriptures of the Old Testament were given by inspiration of God; holy men of old spoke and wrote as the Holy Ghost directed them. And these Old-Testament records are of great use and significancy, not on…
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