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Selected Verse: Hebrews 9:20 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Heb 9:20 |
Strong Concordance |
Saying [3004], This [5124] is the blood [129] of the testament [1242] which [3739] God [2316] hath enjoined [1781] unto [4314] you [5209]. |
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King James |
Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Exo 24:8, "Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord has made with you concerning all these words." The change is here made to accord with Christ's inauguration of the new testament, or covenant, as recorded in Luk 22:20, "This cup (is) the new Testament in My blood, which is shed for you": the only Gospel in which the "is" has to be supplied. Luke was Paul's companion, which accounts for the correspondence, as here too "is" has to be supplied.
testament--(See on Heb 9:16-17). The Greek "diathece" means both "testament" and "covenant": the term "covenant" better suits the old dispensation, though the idea testament is included, for the old was one in its typical relation to the new dispensation, to which the term "testament" is better suited. Christ has sealed the testament with His blood, of which the Lord's Supper is the sacramental sign. The testator was represented by the animals slain in the old dispensation. In both dispensations the inheritance was bequeathed: in the new by One who has come in person and died; in the old by the same one, only typically and ceremonially present. See ALFORD'S excellent Note.
enjoined unto you--commissioned me to ratify in relation to you. In the old dispensation the condition to be fulfilled on the people's part is implied in the words, Exo 24:8, "(Lord made with you) concerning all these words." But here Paul omits this clause, as he includes the fulfilment of this condition of obedience to "all these words" in the new covenant, as part of God's promise, in Heb 8:8, Heb 8:10, Heb 8:12, whereby Christ fulfils all for our justification, and will enable us by putting His Spirit in us to fulfil all in our now progressive, and finally complete, sanctification. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Saying, This is the blood of the testament - Of the covenant; see notes on Heb 9:16-17. That is, this is the blood by which the covenant is ratified. It was the means used to confirm it; the sacred and solemn form by which it was made sure. When this was done, the covenant between God and the people was confirmed - as a covenant between man and man is when it is sealed.
Which God hath enjoined unto you - In Exo 24:8, "which God hath made with you." The language used by Paul, "which God hath enjoined" - ἐνετείλατο eneteilato - "commanded" - shows that he did not regard this as strictly of the nature of a "covenant," or "compact." When a compact is made between parties, one does not "enjoin" or "command" the other, but it is a mutual "agreement." In the transactions between God and man, though called בּרית beriyt, or διαθήκη diathēkē, the idea of a "covenant" or "compact" is so far excluded that God never loses his right to "command" or "enjoin." It is not a transaction between equals, or an "agreement;" it is a solemn "arrangement" on the part of God which he proposes to mankind, and which he enjoins them to embrace; which they are not indeed at liberty to disregard, but which when embraced is appropriately ratified by some solemn act on their part; compare notes on Heb 8:6. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Saying, This is the blood of the covenant which God hath enjoined me to deliver unto you - By this it is established. Exo 24:8. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
This is the blood of the testament - (covenant.) Our Lord refers to the conduct of Moses here, and partly quotes his words in the institution of the eucharist: This is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins, Mat 26:28. And by thus using the words and applying them, he shows that his sacrificial blood was intended by the blood shed and sprinkled on this occasion, and that by it alone the remission of sins is obtained. |
12 For [3754] I will be [2071] merciful [2436] to their [846] unrighteousness [93], and [2532] their [846] sins [266] and [2532] their [846] iniquities [458] will I remember [3415] no [3364] more [2089].
10 For [3754] this [3778] is the covenant [1242] that [3739] I will make [1303] with the house [3624] of Israel [2474] after [3326] those [1565] days [2250], saith [3004] the Lord [2962]; I will put [1325] my [3450] laws [3551] into [1519] their [846] mind [1271], and [2532] write [1924] them [846] in [1909] their [846] hearts [2588]: and [2532] I will be [2071] to [1519] them [846] a God [2316], and [2532] they [846] shall be [2071] to [1519] me [3427] a people [2992]:
8 For [1063] finding fault [3201] with them [846], he saith [3004], Behold [2400], the days [2250] come [2064], saith [3004] the Lord [2962], when [2532] I will make [4931] a new [2537] covenant [1242] with [1909] the house [3624] of Israel [2474] and [2532] with [1909] the house [3624] of Judah [2455]:
8 And Moses [04872] took [03947] the blood [01818], and sprinkled [02236] it on the people [05971], and said [0559], Behold the blood [01818] of the covenant [01285], which the LORD [03068] hath made [03772] with you concerning all these words [01697].
16 For [1063] where [3699] a testament [1242] is, there must also of necessity [318] be [5342] the death [2288] of the testator [1303].
17 For [1063] a testament [1242] is of force [949] after [1909] men are dead [3498]: otherwise [1893] it is of [2480] no [3379] strength [2480] at all [3379] while [3753] the testator [1303] liveth [2198].
20 Likewise [5615] also [2532] the cup [4221] after [3326] supper [1172], saying [3004], This [5124] cup [4221] is the new [2537] testament [1242] in [1722] my [3450] blood [129], which [3588] is shed [1632] for [5228] you [5216].
8 And Moses [04872] took [03947] the blood [01818], and sprinkled [02236] it on the people [05971], and said [0559], Behold the blood [01818] of the covenant [01285], which the LORD [03068] hath made [03772] with you concerning all these words [01697].
6 But [1161] now [3570] hath he obtained [5177] a more excellent [1313] ministry [3009], by how much [3745] also [2532] he is [2076] the mediator [3316] of a better [2909] covenant [1242], which [3748] was established [3549] upon [1909] better [2909] promises [1860].
8 And Moses [04872] took [03947] the blood [01818], and sprinkled [02236] it on the people [05971], and said [0559], Behold the blood [01818] of the covenant [01285], which the LORD [03068] hath made [03772] with you concerning all these words [01697].
16 For [1063] where [3699] a testament [1242] is, there must also of necessity [318] be [5342] the death [2288] of the testator [1303].
17 For [1063] a testament [1242] is of force [949] after [1909] men are dead [3498]: otherwise [1893] it is of [2480] no [3379] strength [2480] at all [3379] while [3753] the testator [1303] liveth [2198].
8 And Moses [04872] took [03947] the blood [01818], and sprinkled [02236] it on the people [05971], and said [0559], Behold the blood [01818] of the covenant [01285], which the LORD [03068] hath made [03772] with you concerning all these words [01697].
28 For [1063] this [5124] is [2076] my [3450] blood [129] of the new [2537] testament [1242], which [3588] is shed [1632] for [4012] many [4183] for [1519] the remission [859] of sins [266].