Verse 17
Hebrews 9:17
King James Version
17
For a testament
is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
Original Language Text
greek
διαθήκη γὰρ ἐπὶ νεκροῖς βεβαία, ἐπεὶ ⸀μήποτε ἰσχύει ὅτε ζῇ ὁ διαθέμενος.
English Translation
For a covenant is valid over the dead, since it does not take effect while the one who made it is alive.
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Chapter 9 Context
1
Then verily the first
covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
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For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein
was the candlestick, and the table, and the shew...
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And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
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Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein
was...
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And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularl...
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Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accompl...
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But into the second
went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered...
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The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, whil...
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Which
was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that...
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Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed
on them un...
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But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacl...
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Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy plac...
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For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifie...
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How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot...
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And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redempti...
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For where a testament
is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
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For a testament
is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the test...
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Whereupon neither the first
testament was dedicated without blood.
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For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of...
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20
Saying, This
is the blood of the testament which God (Elohim) hath enjoined unto you.
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Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
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And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remissio...
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It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these;...
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For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands,
which are the figures of the true; b...
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Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every ye...
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For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of t...
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And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
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So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear...
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