Apologetics Bible

Hebrews 9:1

Greek

Εἶχε μὲν ⸀οὖν ἡ πρώτη δικαιώματα λατρείας τό τε ἅγιον κοσμικόν.

Eiche men oyn e prote dikaiomata latreias to te agion kosmikon.

KJV: Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.

AKJV: Then truly the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.

ASV: Now even the firstcovenanthad ordinances of divine service, and its sanctuary, a sanctuary of this world.

YLT: It had, indeed, then (even the first tabernacle) ordinances of service, also a worldly sanctuary,

Exposition: Hebrews 9:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Hebrews 9:2

Greek

σκηνὴ γὰρ κατεσκευάσθη ἡ πρώτη ἐν ᾗ ἥ τε λυχνία καὶ ἡ τράπεζα καὶ ἡ πρόθεσις τῶν ἄρτων, ἥτις λέγεται Ἅγια·

skene gar kateskeyasthe e prote en e e te lychnia kai e trapeza kai e prothesis ton arton, etis legetai Agia·

KJV: For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.

AKJV: For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the show bread; which is called the sanctuary.

ASV: For there was a tabernacle prepared, the first, wherein were the candlestick, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the Holy place.

YLT: for a tabernacle was prepared, the first, in which was both the lamp-stand, and the table, and the bread of the presence--which is called `Holy;'

Exposition: Hebrews 9:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Hebrews 9:3

Greek

μετὰ δὲ τὸ δεύτερον καταπέτασμα σκηνὴ ἡ λεγομένη ⸂Ἅγια Ἁγίων⸃,

meta de to deyteron katapetasma skene e legomene Agia Agion,

KJV: And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;

AKJV: And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;

ASV: And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holy of holies;

YLT: and after the second vail a tabernacle that is called `Holy of holies,'

Exposition: Hebrews 9:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Hebrews 9:4

Greek

χρυσοῦν ἔχουσα θυμιατήριον καὶ τὴν κιβωτὸν τῆς διαθήκης περικεκαλυμμένην πάντοθεν χρυσίῳ, ἐν ᾗ στάμνος χρυσῆ ἔχουσα τὸ μάννα καὶ ἡ ῥάβδος Ἀαρὼν ἡ βλαστήσασα καὶ αἱ πλάκες τῆς διαθήκης,

chrysoyn echoysa thymiaterion kai ten kiboton tes diathekes perikekalymmenen pantothen chrysio, en e stamnos chryse echoysa to manna kai e rabdos Aaron e blastesasa kai ai plakes tes diathekes,

KJV: Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

AKJV: Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

ASV: having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was a golden pot holding the manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

YLT: having a golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid all round about with gold, in which is the golden pot having the manna, and the rod of Aaron that budded, and the tables of the covenant,

Exposition: Hebrews 9:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Hebrews 9:5

Greek

ὑπεράνω δὲ αὐτῆς Χερουβὶν δόξης κατασκιάζοντα τὸ ἱλαστήριον· περὶ ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν νῦν λέγειν κατὰ μέρος.

yperano de aytes Cheroybin doxes kataskiazonta to ilasterion· peri on oyk estin nyn legein kata meros.

KJV: And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.

AKJV: And over it the cherubim of glory shadowing the mercy seat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.

ASV: and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat; of which things we cannot now speak severally.

YLT: and over it cherubim of the glory, overshadowing the mercy-seat, concerning which we are not now to speak particularly.

Exposition: Hebrews 9:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Hebrews 9:6

Greek

Τούτων δὲ οὕτως κατεσκευασμένων, εἰς μὲν τὴν πρώτην σκηνὴν διὰ παντὸς εἰσίασιν οἱ ἱερεῖς τὰς λατρείας ἐπιτελοῦντες,

Toyton de oytos kateskeyasmenon, eis men ten proten skenen dia pantos eisiasin oi iereis tas latreias epiteloyntes,

KJV: Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.

AKJV: Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.

ASV: Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services;

YLT: And these things having been thus prepared, into the first tabernacle, indeed, at all times the priests do go in, performing the services,

Exposition: Hebrews 9:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Hebrews 9:7

Greek

εἰς δὲ τὴν δευτέραν ἅπαξ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ μόνος ὁ ἀρχιερεύς, οὐ χωρὶς αἵματος, ὃ προσφέρει ὑπὲρ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τῶν τοῦ λαοῦ ἀγνοημάτων,

eis de ten deyteran apax toy eniaytoy monos o archiereys, oy choris aimatos, o prospherei yper eaytoy kai ton toy laoy agnoematon,

KJV: 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:

AKJV: 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:

ASV: but 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:

YLT: 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,

Exposition: Hebrews 9:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Hebrews 9:8

Greek

τοῦτο δηλοῦντος τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ ἁγίου, μήπω πεφανερῶσθαι τὴν τῶν ἁγίων ὁδὸν ἔτι τῆς πρώτης σκηνῆς ἐχούσης στάσιν,

toyto deloyntos toy pneymatos toy agioy, mepo pephanerosthai ten ton agion odon eti tes protes skenes echoyses stasin,

KJV: The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:

AKJV: The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:

ASV: the Holy Spirit this signifying, that the way into the holy place hath not yet been made manifest, while the first tabernacle is yet standing;

YLT: the Holy Spirit this evidencing that not yet hath been manifested the way of the holy places , the first tabernacle having yet a standing;

Exposition: Hebrews 9:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Hebrews 9:9

Greek

ἥτις παραβολὴ εἰς τὸν καιρὸν τὸν ἐνεστηκότα, καθʼ ⸀ἣν δῶρά τε καὶ θυσίαι προσφέρονται μὴ δυνάμεναι κατὰ συνείδησιν τελειῶσαι τὸν λατρεύοντα,

etis parabole eis ton kairon ton enestekota, kath en dora te kai thysiai prospherontai me dynamenai kata syneidesin teleiosai ton latreyonta,

KJV: Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;

AKJV: Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;

ASV: which is a figure for the time present; according to which are offered both gifts and sacrifices that cannot, as touching the conscience, make the worshipper perfect,

YLT: which is a simile in regard to the present time, in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered, which are not able, in regard to conscience, to make perfect him who is serving,

Exposition: Hebrews 9:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Hebrews 9:10

Greek

μόνον ἐπὶ βρώμασιν καὶ πόμασιν καὶ διαφόροις βαπτισμοῖς, ⸀δικαιώματα σαρκὸς μέχρι καιροῦ διορθώσεως ἐπικείμενα.

monon epi bromasin kai pomasin kai diaphorois baptismois, dikaiomata sarkos mechri kairoy diorthoseos epikeimena.

KJV: Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.

AKJV: Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.

ASV: being only (with meats and drinks and divers washings) carnal ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.

YLT: only in victuals, and drinks, and different baptisms, and fleshly ordinances--till the time of reformation imposed upon them .

Exposition: Hebrews 9:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Hebrews 9:11

Greek

Χριστὸς δὲ παραγενόμενος ἀρχιερεὺς τῶν ⸀γενομένων ἀγαθῶν διὰ τῆς μείζονος καὶ τελειοτέρας σκηνῆς οὐ χειροποιήτου, τοῦτʼ ἔστιν οὐ ταύτης τῆς κτίσεως,

Christos de paragenomenos archiereys ton genomenon agathon dia tes meizonos kai teleioteras skenes oy cheiropoietoy, toyt estin oy taytes tes ktiseos,

KJV: But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;

AKJV: But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;

ASV: But Christ having come a high priest of the good things to come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,

YLT: And Christ being come, chief priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands--that is, not of this creation--

Exposition: Hebrews 9:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Hebrews 9:12

Greek

οὐδὲ διʼ αἵματος τράγων καὶ μόσχων διὰ δὲ τοῦ ἰδίου αἵματος, εἰσῆλθεν ἐφάπαξ εἰς τὰ ἅγια, αἰωνίαν λύτρωσιν εὑράμενος.

oyde di aimatos tragon kai moschon dia de toy idioy aimatos, eiselthen ephapax eis ta agia, aionian lytrosin eyramenos.

KJV: Neither 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.

AKJV: Neither 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.

ASV: nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption.

YLT: neither through blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, did enter in once into the holy places, age-during redemption having obtained;

Exposition: Hebrews 9:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Neither 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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Hebrews 9:13

Greek

εἰ γὰρ τὸ αἷμα ⸂τράγων καὶ ταύρων⸃ καὶ σποδὸς δαμάλεως ῥαντίζουσα τοὺς κεκοινωμένους ἁγιάζει πρὸς τὴν τῆς σαρκὸς καθαρότητα,

ei gar to aima tragon kai tayron kai spodos damaleos rantizoysa toys kekoinomenoys agiazei pros ten tes sarkos katharoteta,

KJV: For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

AKJV: For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh:

ASV: For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling them that have been defiled, sanctify unto the cleanness of the flesh:

YLT: for if the blood of bulls, and goats, and ashes of an heifer, sprinkling those defiled, doth sanctify to the purifying of the flesh,

Exposition: Hebrews 9:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Hebrews 9:14

Greek

πόσῳ μᾶλλον τὸ αἷμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὃς διὰ πνεύματος αἰωνίου ἑαυτὸν προσήνεγκεν ἄμωμον τῷ θεῷ, καθαριεῖ τὴν συνείδησιν ⸀ἡμῶν ἀπὸ νεκρῶν ἔργων εἰς τὸ λατρεύειν θεῷ ζῶντι.

poso mallon to aima toy Christoy, os dia pneymatos aionioy eayton prosenegken amomon to theo, kathariei ten syneidesin emon apo nekron ergon eis to latreyein theo zonti.

KJV: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

AKJV: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

ASV: how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish unto God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

YLT: how much more shall the blood of the Christ (who through the age-during Spirit did offer himself unblemished to God) purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Exposition: Hebrews 9:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Hebrews 9:15

Greek

Καὶ διὰ τοῦτο διαθήκης καινῆς μεσίτης ἐστίν, ὅπως θανάτου γενομένου εἰς ἀπολύτρωσιν τῶν ἐπὶ τῇ πρώτῃ διαθήκῃ παραβάσεων τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν λάβωσιν οἱ κεκλημένοι τῆς αἰωνίου κληρονομίας.

Kai dia toyto diathekes kaines mesites estin, opos thanatoy genomenoy eis apolytrosin ton epi te prote diatheke parabaseon ten epaggelian labosin oi keklemenoi tes aionioy kleronomias.

KJV: 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.

AKJV: 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.

ASV: And for this cause he is the mediator of a new covenant, that a death having taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, they that have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

YLT: And because of this, of a new covenant he is mediator, that, death having come, for redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, those called may receive the promise of the age-during inheritance,

Exposition: Hebrews 9:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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 eter...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Hebrews 9:16

Greek

ὅπου γὰρ διαθήκη, θάνατον ἀνάγκη φέρεσθαι τοῦ διαθεμένου·

opoy gar diatheke, thanaton anagke pheresthai toy diathemenoy·

KJV: For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.

AKJV: For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.

ASV: For where a testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him that made it.

YLT: for where a covenant is , the death of the covenant-victim to come in is necessary,

Exposition: Hebrews 9:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Hebrews 9:17

Greek

διαθήκη γὰρ ἐπὶ νεκροῖς βεβαία, ἐπεὶ ⸀μήποτε ἰσχύει ὅτε ζῇ ὁ διαθέμενος.

diatheke gar epi nekrois bebaia, epei mepote ischyei ote ze o diathemenos.

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

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

ASV: For a testament is of force where there hath been death: for it doth never avail while he that made it liveth.

YLT: for a covenant over dead victims is stedfast, since it is no force at all when the covenant-victim liveth,

Exposition: Hebrews 9:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Hebrews 9:18

Greek

ὅθεν οὐδὲ ἡ πρώτη χωρὶς αἵματος ἐγκεκαίνισται·

othen oyde e prote choris aimatos egkekainistai·

KJV: Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

AKJV: Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

ASV: Wherefore even the first covenant hath not been dedicated without blood.

YLT: whence not even the first apart from blood hath been initiated,

Exposition: Hebrews 9:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Hebrews 9:19

Greek

λαληθείσης γὰρ πάσης ἐντολῆς κατὰ ⸀τὸν νόμον ὑπὸ Μωϋσέως παντὶ τῷ λαῷ, λαβὼν τὸ αἷμα τῶν ⸀μόσχων μετὰ ὕδατος καὶ ἐρίου κοκκίνου καὶ ὑσσώπου αὐτό τε τὸ βιβλίον καὶ πάντα τὸν λαὸν ἐράντισεν,

laletheises gar pases entoles kata ton nomon ypo Moyseos panti to lao, labon to aima ton moschon meta ydatos kai erioy kokkinoy kai yssopoy ayto te to biblion kai panta ton laon erantisen,

KJV: For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,

AKJV: For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,

ASV: For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses unto all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

YLT: for every command having been spoken, according to law, by Moses, to all the people, having taken the blood of the calves and goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, he both the book itself and all the people did sprinkle,

Exposition: Hebrews 9:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Hebrews 9:20

Greek

λέγων· Τοῦτο τὸ αἷμα τῆς διαθήκης ἧς ἐνετείλατο πρὸς ὑμᾶς ὁ θεός·

legon· Toyto to aima tes diathekes es eneteilato pros ymas o theos·

KJV: Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.

AKJV: Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God has enjoined to you.

ASV: saying, This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded to you-ward.

YLT: saying, `This is the blood of the covenant that God enjoined unto you,'

Exposition: Hebrews 9:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Hebrews 9:21

Greek

καὶ τὴν σκηνὴν δὲ καὶ πάντα τὰ σκεύη τῆς λειτουργίας τῷ αἵματι ὁμοίως ἐράντισεν.

kai ten skenen de kai panta ta skeye tes leitoyrgias to aimati omoios erantisen.

KJV: Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.

AKJV: Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.

ASV: Moreover the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry he sprinkled in like manner with the blood.

YLT: and both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the service with blood in like manner he did sprinkle,

Exposition: Hebrews 9:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Hebrews 9:22

Greek

καὶ σχεδὸν ἐν αἵματι πάντα καθαρίζεται κατὰ τὸν νόμον, καὶ χωρὶς αἱματεκχυσίας οὐ γίνεται ἄφεσις.

kai schedon en aimati panta katharizetai kata ton nomon, kai choris aimatekchysias oy ginetai aphesis.

KJV: And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

AKJV: And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

ASV: And according to the law, I may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.

YLT: and with blood almost all things are purified according to the law, and apart from blood-shedding forgiveness doth not come.

Exposition: Hebrews 9:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Hebrews 9:23

Greek

Ἀνάγκη οὖν τὰ μὲν ὑποδείγματα τῶν ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς τούτοις καθαρίζεσθαι, αὐτὰ δὲ τὰ ἐπουράνια κρείττοσι θυσίαις παρὰ ταύτας.

Anagke oyn ta men ypodeigmata ton en tois oyranois toytois katharizesthai, ayta de ta epoyrania kreittosi thysiais para taytas.

KJV: It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

AKJV: It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

ASV: It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

YLT: It is necessary, therefore, the pattern indeed of the things in the heavens to be purified with these, and the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these;

Exposition: Hebrews 9:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Hebrews 9:24

Greek

οὐ γὰρ εἰς χειροποίητα ⸂εἰσῆλθεν ἅγια⸃ Χριστός, ἀντίτυπα τῶν ἀληθινῶν, ἀλλʼ εἰς αὐτὸν τὸν οὐρανόν, νῦν ἐμφανισθῆναι τῷ προσώπῳ τοῦ θεοῦ ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν·

oy gar eis cheiropoieta eiselthen agia Christos, antitypa ton alethinon, all eis ayton ton oyranon, nyn emphanisthenai to prosopo toy theoy yper emon·

KJV: For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

AKJV: For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

ASV: For Christ entered not into a holy place made with hands, like in pattern to the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us:

YLT: for not into holy places made with hands did the Christ enter--figures of the true--but into the heaven itself, now to be manifested in the presence of God for us;

Exposition: Hebrews 9:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Hebrews 9:25

Greek

οὐδʼ ἵνα πολλάκις προσφέρῃ ἑαυτόν, ὥσπερ ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς εἰσέρχεται εἰς τὰ ἅγια κατʼ ἐνιαυτὸν ἐν αἵματι ἀλλοτρίῳ,

oyd ina pollakis prosphere eayton, osper o archiereys eiserchetai eis ta agia kat eniayton en aimati allotrio,

KJV: Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;

AKJV: Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the holy place every year with blood of others;

ASV: nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place year by year with blood not his own;

YLT: nor that he may many times offer himself, even as the chief priest doth enter into the holy places every year with blood of others;

Exposition: Hebrews 9:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Hebrews 9:26

Greek

ἐπεὶ ἔδει αὐτὸν πολλάκις παθεῖν ἀπὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου· ⸀νυνὶ δὲ ἅπαξ ἐπὶ συντελείᾳ τῶν αἰώνων εἰς ἀθέτησιν ⸀ἁμαρτίας διὰ τῆς θυσίας αὐτοῦ πεφανέρωται.

epei edei ayton pollakis pathein apo kataboles kosmoy· nyni de apax epi synteleia ton aionon eis athetesin amartias dia tes thysias aytoy pephanerotai.

KJV: For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

AKJV: For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world has he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

ASV: else must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once at the end of the ages hath he been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

YLT: since it had behoved him many times to suffer from the foundation of the world, but now once, at the full end of the ages, for putting away of sin through his sacrifice, he hath been manifested;

Exposition: Hebrews 9:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Hebrews 9:27

Greek

καὶ καθʼ ὅσον ἀπόκειται τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἅπαξ ἀποθανεῖν, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτο κρίσις,

kai kath oson apokeitai tois anthropois apax apothanein, meta de toyto krisis,

KJV: And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

AKJV: And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment:

ASV: And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment;

YLT: and as it is laid up to men once to die, and after this--judgment,

Exposition: Hebrews 9:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Hebrews 9:28

Greek

οὕτως καὶ ὁ Χριστός, ἅπαξ προσενεχθεὶς εἰς τὸ πολλῶν ἀνενεγκεῖν ἁμαρτίας, ἐκ δευτέρου χωρὶς ἁμαρτίας ὀφθήσεται τοῖς αὐτὸν ἀπεκδεχομένοις εἰς σωτηρίαν.

oytos kai o Christos, apax prosenechtheis eis to pollon anenegkein amartias, ek deyteroy choris amartias ophthesetai tois ayton apekdechomenois eis soterian.

KJV: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

AKJV: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and to them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin to salvation.

ASV: so Christ also, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear a second time, apart from sin, to them that wait for him, unto salvation.

YLT: so also the Christ, once having been offered to bear the sins of many, a second time, apart from a sin-offering, shall appear, to those waiting for him--to salvation!

Exposition: Hebrews 9:28 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.