Hebrews 10 – Shortcode

The Anointed’s Sacrifice

• 1 For the law – having a shadow of the good things coming but not the form of those same matters – is never able to perfect the men approaching every year with the same sacrifices that they offer continuously.
• 2 Otherwise wouldn’t they have ceased being offered?  Because then the men ministering wouldn’t still have sins on their conscience once they have been cleansed.
• 3 But in them there’s a reminder of sins every year.
• 4 For it’s impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
• 5 Therefore, entering into the world He says: “You didn’t desire sacrifice and offering, but you prepared a body for Me.
• 6 “You weren’t pleased by burnt offerings and purification offerings.^fn“purification offerings” is two words in Greek, which more literally mean “for sin” or “concerning sin”. This Greek construction was frequently used in the Septuagint (an ancient translation of the Old Testament into Greek) to translate the Hebrew that is usually translated into English as “sin offering”. “Sin offering” is possible, but has less support in high-level scholarship. The Hebrew word can mean “sin”, but it can also mean “purification” (e.g. Numbers 8:7). The “sin offering” was used to purify uncleanness, whether or not a sin was committed. Thus, it was required even when no sin was committed, such as after childbirth (Leviticus 12:1-8), certain diseases (Leviticus 14), etc. High-level, peer-reviewed scholarship dedicated to the field (e.g. Milgrom, Levine, Gane, Sklar, Wright, Gorman, etc.) is largely united on the “purification offering” understanding. The BOS Bible has aligned itself with that high-level, peer-reviewed scholarship in its translation.
• 7 “Then I said: “Behold I come–” in the scroll of the book it is *written about Me: “–to do your will, O God.” ^fnquotation/allusion to Psalm 40:6-8
• 8 Saying above “Sacrifices, and offerings, and burnt offerings, and purification offerings^fn“purification offerings” see footnote on verse 6 you didn’t desire nor were you pleased by them“^fnquotation/allusion to Psalm 40:6 which are offered according to the law.
• 9 Then He *says: “Behold, I come to do your will.”^fnquotation/allusion to Psalm 40:7-8  He takes away the first so that He might establish the second.
• 10 By that will, we are *made holy once for all through the offering of the body of Jesus the Anointed.
• 11 And indeed, every priest *stands ministering every day and frequently offering the same sacrifices which are never able to take away sins.
• 12 But this One, having offered one sacrifice concerning sins into perpetuity, sat down at the right hand of God,
• 13 from then on waiting until His enemies are placed as a footstool for His feet.^fnquotation/allusion to Psalm 110:1
• 14 For by one offering, He has perfected into perpetuity the men being made holy.
• 15 And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for afterward He has said:
• 16 “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord, putting My laws into their hearts and I will write them on their mind.”^fnquotation/allusion to Jeremiah 31:33
• 17 “And their sins and their disregard for My commands^fn“disregard for My commands” is one word in Greek, and is more literally “disregard for God’s law”.  It’s a noun, and literally means “those who are without law”; i.e. those who – either by ignorance or by rebellion – don’t obey God’s (moral) law.I definitely won’t remember any longer.”^fnquotation/allusion to Jeremiah 31:34
• 18 And where there’s forgiveness of these, there’s no longer an offering concerning sin.

Approach with a sincere heart

• 19 Therefore brothers, having confidence for entrance into the Holy of Holies by the blood of Jesus,
• 20 by which He inaugurated a new and living way for us through the veil (that is, His flesh)
• 21 and having a great priest over the house of God,
• 22 we should approach with a sincere heart in the full assurance of faith, having been *sprinkled clean in our hearts from an evil conscience, and having been *washed in body with pure water.
• 23 We should hold fast to the confession of our hope firmly, for the One who promised is faithful.
• 24 And we should consider one another as a provocation for ^love and good works,
• 25 not abandoning the assembling of ourselves together – as is the habit of some – but admonishing one another, and so much more as you see the day drawing near.
• 26 For while^fn“while” could also be translated “if” because neither is explicit in Greek, and either could be implied from the participle “voluntarily sinning”. The “if” understanding takes it in a conditional sense, which explains the reason that no sacrifice remains, and by entailment makes it impossible for such a sacrifice to apply. The “while” understanding says that the sacrifice can’t be applied during the time that the person is voluntarily sinning, which leaves open the possibility (though not the certainty) that the sacrifice can apply if the person ceases voluntarily sinning. Notably, the temporal sense (“while”) is considered the default sense of participles like this one, giving “while” a slightly stronger claim, though not a certain one. The allowance for repentance also appears to better fit the multitude of forgiveness verses in scripture (such as Isaiah 55:7). The temporal sense (“while”) was chosen for those reasons, though the conditional (“if”) sense is still entirely legitimate and somewhat preferred by modern scholarship. See also: Hebrews 6:6 and footnote. we’re voluntarily^fn“voluntarily” this Greek word indicates what is done of someone’s own will and not under compulsion.  In the context of this verse, it doesn’t refer to sins committed in ignorance or from weakness, even if done regularly (as from addiction), but rather to sins that are intentionally committed with full knowledge that they are wrong and blatant disregard for God’s commands. Additionally, the form the Greek verb takes here implies an ongoing sense; i.e., not a one-time action, but rather a habitual, ongoing, or continuous voluntary sin. sinning after we’ve received the full knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice concerning sins remains,
• 27 but some terrifying expectation of judgement and the zeal of a fire that’s about to consume the adversaries.^fnquotation/allusion to Isaiah 26:11
• 28 Anyone who broke the law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.^fnallusion to Deuteronomy 17:6 and Numbers 35:30
• 29 How much worse a punishment do you think will be deserved by the man who trampled the Son of God underfoot, and considered contemptibly mundane^fn“contemptibly mundane” is one word in Greek.  It properly refers to something which had been stripped of its value because it’s been treated as ordinary or common.  It can also contain the idea of profaning or being unclean because it’s common (i.e. not “set apart”/holy) the blood of the covenant by which he was made holy, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
• 30 For we *know the One who said: “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay.”^fnquotation/allusion to Deuteronomy 32:35  And again, “The Lord will judge His people.”^fnquotation/allusion to Deuteronomy 32:36
• 31 It’s terrifying to fall into the hands of the living God.

Remember and be bold

• 32 But remember the former days, in which you endured the sufferings of a great conflict after having been enlightened,
• 33 being truly made a spectacle in this by both slanders and tribulations.  But in this, you became comrades with the other men being treated this way,
• 34 for you both sympathized with the prisoners and welcomed the plundering of the things you possessed with joy, knowing yourselves to have a better possession, and a lasting one.
• 35 Therefore you shouldn’t cast aside your boldness, which has a great reward.
• 36 For you have need of endurance, so that after having done the will of God, you might obtain the promise.
• 37 “For yet in a very little while, the One coming will come and will not delay.”
• 38 “But My righteous will live by faith“^fnquotation/allusion to Habakkuk 2:3-4 and if he shrinks back, My soul takes no pleasure in him.
• 39 But we aren’t shrinking back into ruin, but have faith for the preservation of the soul.