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Hebrews 9:15-28

The sacrifice of Christ establishes the new covenant

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 receive the promise of eternal  inheritance. 16 For where a testament [is], there must also of necessity be the  death of the testator. 17 For a testament [is] of force after men are dead:  otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. 18 Whereupon  neither the first [testament] was dedicated without blood. 19 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, 20 Saying, This [is] the blood of the  testament which God hath enjoined unto you. 21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood  both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. 22 And almost all  things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no  remission.

23 ¶ [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. 24 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: 25 Nor yet that he should offer himself  often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of  others; 26 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. 27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but  after this the judgment: 28 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.

15 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. 16 ὅπου γὰρ διαθήκη, θάνατον ἀνάγκη φέρεσθαι τοῦ διαθεμένου· 17 διαθήκη γὰρ ἐπὶ νεκροῖς βεβαία, ἐπεὶ μήποτε ἰσχύει ὅτε ζῇ ὁ διαθέμενος. 18 ὅθεν οὐδὲ ἡ πρώτη χωρὶς αἵματος ἐγκεκαίνισται· 19 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, 20 λέγων· Τοῦτο τὸ αἷμα τῆς διαθήκης ἧς ἐνετείλατο πρὸς ὑμᾶς ὁ θεός· 21 καὶ τὴν σκηνὴν δὲ καὶ πάντα τὰ σκεύη τῆς λειτουργίας τῷ αἵματι ὁμοίως ἐράντισεν. 22 καὶ σχεδὸν ἐν αἵματι πάντα καθαρίζεται κατὰ τὸν νόμον, καὶ χωρὶς αἱματεκχυσίας οὐ γίνεται ἄφεσις.
23 Ἀνάγκη οὖν τὰ μὲν ὑποδείγματα τῶν ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς τούτοις καθαρίζεσθαι, αὐτὰ δὲ τὰ ἐπουράνια κρείττοσι θυσίαις παρὰ ταύτας. 24 οὐ γὰρ εἰς χειροποίητα εἰσῆλθεν ἅγια Χριστός, ἀντίτυπα τῶν ἀληθινῶν, ἀλλʼ εἰς αὐτὸν τὸν οὐρανόν, νῦν ἐμφανισθῆναι τῷ προσώπῳ τοῦ θεοῦ ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν· 25 οὐδʼ ἵνα πολλάκις προσφέρῃ ἑαυτόν, ὥσπερ ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς εἰσέρχεται εἰς τὰ ἅγια κατʼ ἐνιαυτὸν ἐν αἵματι ἀλλοτρίῳ, 26 ἐπεὶ ἔδει αὐτὸν πολλάκις παθεῖν ἀπὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου· νυνὶ δὲ ἅπαξ ἐπὶ συντελείᾳ τῶν αἰώνων εἰς ἀθέτησιν ἁμαρτίας διὰ τῆς θυσίας αὐτοῦ πεφανέρωται. 27 καὶ καθʼ ὅσον ἀπόκειται τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἅπαξ ἀποθανεῖν, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτο κρίσις, 28 οὕτως καὶ ὁ Χριστός, ἅπαξ προσενεχθεὶς εἰς τὸ πολλῶν ἀνενεγκεῖν ἁμαρτίας, ἐκ δευτέρου χωρὶς ἁμαρτίας ὀφθήσεται τοῖς αὐτὸν ἀπεκδεχομένοις εἰς σωτηρίαν.

Michael W. Holmes, The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition (Lexham Press, 2010), Heb 9:15–28.

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