Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
this man--emphatic (Hebrews 3:3).
for ever--joined in English Version with "offered one sacrifice"; offered one sacrifice, the efficacy of which endures for ever; literally. "continuously," (compare Hebrews 10:14). "The offering of Christ, once for all made, will continue the one and only oblation for ever; no other will supersede it" [BENGEL]. The mass, which professes to be the frequent repetition of one and the same sacrifice of Christ's body, is hence disproved. For not only is Christ's body one, but also His offering is one, and that inseparable from His suffering (Hebrews 9:26). The mass would be much the same as the Jewish sacrifices which Paul sets aside as abrogated, for they were anticipations of the one sacrifice, just as Rome makes masses continuations of it, in opposition to Paul's argument. A repetition would imply that the former once-for-all offering of the one sacrifice was imperfect, and so would be dishonoring to it (Hebrews 10:2, Hebrews 10:18). Hebrews 10:14, on the contrary, says, "He hath PERFECTED FOR EVER them that are sanctified." If Christ offered Himself at the last supper, then He offered Himself again on the cross, and there would be two offerings; but Paul says there was only one, once for all. Compare Note, see on Hebrews 9:26. English Version is favored by the usage in this Epistle, of putting the Greek "for ever" after that which it qualifies. Also, "one sacrifice for ever," stands in contrast to "the same sacrifices oftentimes" (Hebrews 10:11). Also, 1 Corinthians 15:25, 1 Corinthians 15:28, agrees with Hebrews 10:12-13, taken as English Version, not joining, as ALFORD does, "for ever" with "sat down," for Jesus is to give up the mediatorial throne "when all things shall be subdued unto Him," and not to sit on it for ever.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Psalms 110:1
Isaiah 1:11
Ezekiel 39:29
Zechariah 3:9
Ephesians 1:20
Ephesians 5:2
Hebrews 8:1
Hebrews 8:1
Hebrews 9:26
Hebrews 10:10
Hebrews 10:11
Hebrews 10:12
Hebrews 10:13
Hebrews 10:14
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