Hebrews 9:25 Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.

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New International Version
Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.

New Living Translation
And he did not enter heaven to offer himself again and again, like the high priest here on earth who enters the Most Holy Place year after year with the blood of an animal.

English Standard Version
Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own,

Berean Standard Bible
Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.

Berean Literal Bible
nor that He should offer Himself repeatedly, just as the high priest enters into the holy places every year with the blood of another.

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

New King James Version
not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another—

New American Standard Bible
nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Holy Place year by year with blood that is not his own.

NASB 1995
nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the holy place year by year with blood that is not his own.

NASB 1977
nor was it that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the holy place year by year with blood not his own.

Legacy Standard Bible
nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the holy places year by year with blood that is not his own.

Amplified Bible
nor did He [enter into the heavenly sanctuary to] offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.

Christian Standard Bible
He did not do this to offer himself many times, as the high priest enters the sanctuary yearly with the blood of another.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He did not do this to offer Himself many times, as the high priest enters the sanctuary yearly with the blood of another.

American Standard Version
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;

Contemporary English Version
Christ did not have to offer himself many times. He wasn't like a high priest who goes into the most holy place each year to offer the blood of an animal.

English Revised Version
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;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Every year the chief priest went into the holy place to make a sacrifice with blood that isn't his own. However, Christ didn't go into heaven to sacrifice himself again and again.

Good News Translation
The Jewish high priest goes into the Most Holy Place every year with the blood of an animal. But Christ did not go in to offer himself many times,

International Standard Version
Nor did he go into heaven to sacrifice himself again and again, the way the high priest goes into the Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.

Majority Standard Bible
Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.

NET Bible
And he did not enter to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own,

New Heart English Bible
nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the holy place year by year with blood not his own,

Webster's Bible Translation
Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;

Weymouth New Testament
Nor did He enter for the purpose of many times offering Himself in sacrifice, just as the High Priest enters the Holy place, year after year, taking with him blood not his own.

World English Bible
nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the holy place year by year with blood not his own,

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version
nor that He may offer Himself many times, even as the chief priest enters into the holy places every year with blood of others,

Berean Literal Bible
nor that He should offer Himself repeatedly, just as the high priest enters into the holy places every year with the blood of another.

Young's Literal Translation
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;

Smith's Literal Translation
Neither that he should offer himself many times, as the chief priest comes in to the holy places yearly with blood pertaining to others;

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holies, every year with the blood of others:

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he did not enter so as to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters into the Holy of Holies each year, with the blood of another.

New American Bible
Not that he might offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters each year into the sanctuary with blood that is not his own;

New Revised Standard Version
Nor was it to offer himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Holy Place year after year with blood that is not his own;

Translations from Aramaic

Lamsa Bible
Not so that he should offer himself many times, as did the high priest who enters into the holy place every year with blood which is not his own;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And not that he should offer himself many times, as The High Priest was doing and entered The Holy Place every year with blood that was not his;

NT Translations

Anderson New Testament
Nor has he entered, that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with the blood of another:

Godbey New Testament
neither in order that he may frequently offer up himself, as the high priest goes into the holies once a year with the blood of another;

Haweis New Testament
and not that he should often offer up himself in sacrifice, as the high-priest enters every year into the holies with blood not his own,

Mace New Testament
nor to make a frequent offering of himself, as the high priest every year enters into the holy of holies with other blood than his own.

Weymouth New Testament
Nor did He enter for the purpose of many times offering Himself in sacrifice, just as the High Priest enters the Holy place, year after year, taking with him blood not his own.

Worrell New Testament
nor yet, that He should many times offer Himself, as the high priest enters into the Holies every year with blood not His own;

Worsley New Testament
nor to offer Himself often, as the high-priest entereth into the holy of holies every year with the blood of others;

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Context

Redemption through His Blood
…24For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God. 25Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. 26Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.…

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Cross References

Hebrews 7:27
Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.

Hebrews 10:11-12
Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. / But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.

Leviticus 16:34
This is to be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement once a year for the Israelites because of all their sins.” And all this was done as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Exodus 30:10
Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on the horns of the altar. Throughout your generations he shall make atonement on it annually with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. The altar is most holy to the LORD.”

Leviticus 16:2-3
And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat. / This is how Aaron is to enter the Holy Place: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

Leviticus 16:14-15
And he is to take some of the bull’s blood and sprinkle it with his finger on the east side of the mercy seat; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the mercy seat. / Aaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it.

Leviticus 16:17
No one may be in the Tent of Meeting from the time Aaron goes in to make atonement in the Most Holy Place until he leaves, after he has made atonement for himself, his household, and the whole assembly of Israel.

Leviticus 16:24
He is to bathe himself with water in a holy place and put on his own clothes. Then he must go out and sacrifice his burnt offering and the people’s burnt offering to make atonement for himself and for the people.

Leviticus 16:29-30
This is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work—whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you— / because on this day atonement will be made for you to cleanse you, and you will be clean from all your sins before the LORD.

Numbers 29:7-11
On the tenth day of this seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you shall humble yourselves; you must not do any work. / Present as a pleasing aroma to the LORD a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished, / together with their grain offerings of fine flour mixed with oil—three-tenths of an ephah with the bull, two-tenths of an ephah with the ram, ...

1 Kings 8:10-11
And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD / so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 5:13-14
The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud / so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.

Isaiah 53:10-12
Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand. / After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities. / Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.

Daniel 9:24-26
Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place. / Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress. / Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.

Matthew 27:50-51
When Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, He yielded up His spirit. / At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, and the rocks were split.

Treasury of Scripture

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

offer.

Hebrews 9:7,14,26
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: …

Hebrews 10:10
By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

as.

Hebrews 9:12
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.

Exodus 30:10
And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.

Leviticus 16:2-34
And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat…

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Hebrews 9

1. The description of the rites and sacrifices of the law;
11. which are far inferior to the dignity and perfection of the sacrifice of Christ.

Berean Study Bible

Nor did He enter heaven
This phrase emphasizes the singularity and sufficiency of Christ's ascension and His role as our eternal High Priest. The Greek word for "enter" (εἰσέρχομαι, eiserchomai) suggests a purposeful and significant action. Unlike the earthly high priests who entered the Most Holy Place annually, Christ's entrance into heaven was a one-time, definitive act. This highlights the superiority of Christ's priesthood and His unique role in the heavenly sanctuary, contrasting with the repetitive and temporary nature of the Old Covenant rituals.

to offer Himself again and again
The repetition of sacrifices under the Old Covenant is contrasted with the once-for-all sacrifice of Christ. The Greek word for "offer" (προσφέρω, prosphero) implies presenting or bringing forth. In the context of the Old Testament, the high priest's repeated offerings were necessary due to their inability to fully atone for sin. However, Christ's self-offering was perfect and complete, needing no repetition. This underscores the finality and completeness of His sacrifice, fulfilling the requirements of the law and providing eternal redemption.

as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year
The "high priest" (ἀρχιερεύς, archiereus) in the Jewish tradition was the only one permitted to enter the Most Holy Place, and only once a year on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). This annual ritual was a reminder of the people's sins and the need for atonement. The Most Holy Place, or Holy of Holies, was the innermost and most sacred area of the tabernacle and later the temple, symbolizing God's presence. The high priest's entry was a temporary and symbolic act, pointing forward to the ultimate atonement made by Christ.

with blood that is not his own
The blood used by the high priest was that of animals, which served as a temporary covering for sin. The phrase "not his own" highlights the insufficiency of these sacrifices to truly cleanse or redeem. In contrast, Christ offered His own blood, a perfect and spotless sacrifice. The use of animal blood was a foreshadowing of the true and effective sacrifice of Jesus, whose own blood was shed for the remission of sins. This distinction emphasizes the transformative power of Christ's sacrifice, which brings about a new covenant and a direct relationship with God.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(25) Nor yet that he should--i.e., Nor yet (did He enter into heaven) that He may offer Himself often. The connection has been pointed out already in the last Note. The "offering "which is here in thought does not correspond to the actual sacrifice of the sin-offerings on the Day of Atonement, but to the presentation of the blood in the Holiest Place. In this really consisted the presentation of that sacrifice to God. That this is the meaning here is shown by the contrast in the latter part of the verse, where we read of the high priest's entering the Holy Place (i.e., the Holy of Holies; see Note on Hebrews 9:2) "with blood not his own," and by the argument of Hebrews 9:26.

Pulpit Commentary

Verses 25, 26. - Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others (i.e. blood not his own, ἀλλοτρίῳ); for then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now (probably νυνί, not νῦν, meaning "as it is ") once at the end of the ages hath he appeared (rather, been manifested, πεφανέρωται) to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. Here (as above noted) the idea of ἐφάπαξ in ver. 12 is taken up. That Christ's offering of himself is once for all, needing no repetition, follows from the view of it already given, viz. that it is a perpetual presentation of himself, after fully availing sacrifice of himself, before the very face of God. That this is of necessity once for all is now further shown by the consideration that repeated offerings of himself would involve the impossible condition of repeated deaths. Observe that "offer himself" in ver. 25 does not refer to the death upon the cross, but to the intercession before the eternal mercy-seat after accomplished atonement, answering to the high priest's entrance, with the blood of previous sacrifice, within the veil. The death itself is denoted in ver. 26 by παθεῖν ("suffered"). The argument rests on the principle, already established as being signified by the whole of the ancient ritual, that, for acceptable intercession in behalf of man, previous death or blood-shedding is in every case required. But why add "since the foundation of the world"? We must supply the thought of the retrospective efficacy of Christ's atonement. Ever since sin entered, man needed atonement, signified, but not effected, by the ancient sacrifices. Christ's one offering of himself has supplied this primeval need, availing, not only for the present and future, but also for all past ages. This view was definitely expressed, with reference to "transgressions which were under the first covenant," in ver. 15, and, though not repeated here, is prominent in the writer's mind (cf. Romans 3:25, where God's righteousness is said to have been shown in Christ with regard to "the passing over of sins done aforetime, in the forbearance of God," as well as to justification of believers now; also Romans 5, where the effect of Christ's obedience is declared to be coextensive with that of Adam's transgression). This view accounts for "since the foundation of the world," the idea being that, the transgressions requiring atonement having been since then, repeated deaths since then would have been needed had not Christ's one offering of himself availed for all time, just as repeated sacrifices were needed for the high priest's symbolical yearly intercessions. The question is not asked, nor is any reason given, why this one all-sufficient offering was deferred till so long after the need began. It is enough to know that such has been, in fact, the Divine will, viz. that not till the fullness of time was come - not till the end (or consummation) of the long preceding sinful ages - should the Redeemer once for all be manifested for atonement. The phrase, ἐπὶ συντελείᾳ τῶν αἰώνων, seems certainly to imply the idea, otherwise known to have been prevalent in the apostolic age, of the end of all things being close at hand; and this expectation further accounts for the reference to the past rather than the future in the expression, "since the foundation of the world." For, with regard to the future, the second coming of Christ was the one great idea present to the minds of Christians, the intervening time being regarded by them as but the dawn of coming day (see, on this head, what was said under Hebrews 1:2). The strong expression, εἰς ἀθέτησιν ἁμαρτίας (for the sense of ἀθέτησις, cf. Hebrews 7:18, where it means "abrogation"), used as it here is with reference to all the transgressions of the ages past, though not to be pressed so as to invalidate what is elsewhere said of the future penal consequences of all willful and unrepented sin, may still be cited among the texts supporting the view of those who "trust the larger hope."

Parallel Commentaries ...

Greek

Nor [did He enter heaven]
οὐδ’ (oud’)
Conjunction
Strong's 3761: Neither, nor, not even, and not. From ou and de; not however, i.e. Neither, nor, not even.

to
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

offer
προσφέρῃ (prospherē)
Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4374: From pros and phero; to bear towards, i.e. Lead to, tender, treat.

Himself
ἑαυτόν (heauton)
Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1438: Himself, herself, itself.

again and again,
πολλάκις (pollakis)
Adverb
Strong's 4178: Many times, often, frequently. Multiplicative adverb from polus; many times, i.e. Frequently.

as
ὥσπερ (hōsper)
Adverb
Strong's 5618: Just as, as, even as. From hos and per; just as, i.e. Exactly like.

the
ὁ (ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

high priest
ἀρχιερεὺς (archiereus)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 749: High priest, chief priest. From arche and hiereus; the high-priest; by extension a chief priest.

enters
εἰσέρχεται (eiserchetai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1525: To go in, come in, enter. From eis and erchomai; to enter.

the
τὰ (ta)
Article - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Most Holy Place
ἅγια (hagia)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 40: Set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred. From hagos; sacred.

every
κατ’ (kat’)
Preposition
Strong's 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

year
ἐνιαυτὸν (eniauton)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1763: A year, cycle of time. Prolongation from a primary enos; a year.

with
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

blood
αἵματι (haimati)
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 129: Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred.

that is not his own.
ἀλλοτρίῳ (allotriō)
Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 245: From allos; another's, i.e. Not one's own; by extension foreign, not akin, hostile.

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NT Letters: Hebrews 9:25 Nor yet that he should offer himself (Heb. He. Hb)