Hebrews 9:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. ”

Hebrews 9:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For a testament - Such an arrangement as God enters into with man; see the remarks on Hebrews 9:16 . Is of force - Is ratified, or confirmed - in the same way as a deed or compact is confirm...
Hebrews 9:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

It is shown, in a brief digression, that the death of Christ was necessary in order that the new covenant should come into force. An eternal inheritance i.e. an enduring fellowship with God was pro...
Hebrews 9:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

of force . sure. Greek. bebaios. See Hebrews 6:19 . after, &c . = over (Greek. epi) the dead (victims). See Genesis 15:9-18 ; Jeremiah 34:18 . no... at all . Greek. me pote. stren...
Hebrews 9:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
Hebrews 9:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For a testament is of force, &c.— For a covenant made where death is, is valid. The verse may be paraphrased thus: "For you know that sacrificial rites have ever attended the most celebrated...
Hebrews 9:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. After, х epi ( G1909 )] - 'over;' we say 'upon the death of the testator.'...
Hebrews 9:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The New Covenant and the Sacrifice of Christ Hebrews 9:1 to Hebrews 10:39 . The writer now proceeds to elaborate in greater detail the contrast between the old covenant and the new. The old cov...
Hebrews 9:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Blood Which Sealed the New Covenant Hebrews 9:11-20 We are led to consider Christ's high-priestly work. The scene for it is no edifice made with hands in this transitory world, but eternal...
Hebrews 9:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Because of the better priesthood and the better covenant a better worship is established. First, the sanctuary is described. Christ is set forth as the One who has entered into a greater Tabernacle t...
Hebrews 9:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(15) 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 rece...
Hebrews 9:17 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

MEDIATION AND ATONEMENT ‘He is the Mediator of the New Testament … and without shedding of blood is no remission.’ Hebrews 9:15-22 God has entered into covenant relationship with men. That h...
Hebrews 9:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For a testament is of force after men are dead ,.... The necessity of Christ's death is here urged, from the nature and force of a testament or will, among men, which does not take place, and cannot...
Hebrews 9:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. Ver. 17. While the testator liveth ] For it is in his power to alter it at his p...
Hebrews 9:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For where a testament is That is, where there is a covenant, which is also a testament; there must of necessity be the death of the testator As if he had said, The reason why there was a necessit...
Hebrews 9:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter s 9 and 10 form a wonderful climax in the orderly presentation of the truth in this epistle: If according to the new covenant, a man must be morally fitted for the presence of God by means of...
Hebrews 9:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Priesthood of Christ. A. D. 62. 15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new test...
Hebrews 9:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For a testament is of force after men are dead: the testator being by death disseised of his goods and lands, the right takes place of the legatees, and the time of their challenging it; such a sac...
Hebrews 9:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Hebrews 9:11 . Good things to come. —Lit. “who procures future blessings”; in the sense of spiritual blessings. Farrar suggests the reading “of the good things th...
Hebrews 9:17 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. An external sanctuary, a material structure, and therefore belonging to this world. Hebrews 9:2...
Hebrews 9:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hebrews 9:2 . A tabernacle wherein was the candlestick. For a description of this portable temple, which disdains borrowing figures from the Egyptian temples, though they had some figures analogou...
Hebrews 9:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Mediator of the new testament The two mediators: I. Is WHAT RESPECTS JESUS AND MOSES ARE MEDIATORIALLY ALIKE. 1. Both of Divine appointment. 2. Both give to the world the notion of a cove...
Hebrews 9:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The sphere of Christ's "more excellent ministry," as the "Mediator of a better covenant," having been shown to be elsewhere than in the earthly tabernacle, the ministry itself is no...
Hebrews 9:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The necessity of Christ's death:
Hebrews 9:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Galatians 3:15 ; Genesis 48:21 ; John 14:27
Hebrews 9:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

After he is dead — Neither this, nor after men are dead is a literal translation of the words. It is a very perplexed passage.

Hebrews 9:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hebrews 9:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 9:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hebrews 9:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hebrews 9:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hebrews 9:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hebrews 9:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 9:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hebrews 9:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hebrews 9:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hebrews 9:17 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Hebrews 9:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hebrews 9:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hebrews 9:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hebrews 9:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 9:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hebrews 9:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hebrews 9:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hebrews 9:17 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hebrews 9:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hebrews 9:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hebrews 9:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hebrews 9:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hebrews 9:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 9:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes