Hebreos 9:22

22 Y casi todo es purificado según la ley con sangre; y sin derramamiento de sangre no se hace remisión

Hebreos 9:22 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 9:22

And almost all things are by the law purged with blood,
&c.] All "except a few things", as the Arabic version renders it; for some things were cleansed by water, and others purged by fire, ( Numbers 31:23 ) . Some join the word almost with the word purged, as if the sense was, that all things were purged by blood, but not perfectly, only almost; but the former sense is best.

And without shedding of blood is no remission;
that is, of sin; there was no typical remission without it; and there can be no real remission but by, the blood of Christ; no instance can be given of pardon without it; if it could have been otherwise, the blood of Christ had not been shed; for so it would seem to be shed in vain, and his satisfaction to be unnecessary; nor is it agreeable to the justice of God to forgive sin without satisfaction; nor is it consistent with his veracity, and faithfulness to his word, ( Genesis 2:17 ) . It is a common saying with the Jews, and often to be met with in their writings, (Mdb ala hrpk Nya) , "there is no atonement but by blood" ^F11; by the shedding of blood; not by the shedding of it, as it flows out of the body of the sacrifice, but as it is poured out on the altar; for the pouring of the blood at the four corners, and at the bottom of the altar, were the chief rites required in sacrifices; nor did they reckon expiation to be expiation, unless the altar was moistened by the blood of the sacrifice ^F12.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 T. Bab. Yoma, fol. 5. 1. Zebachim, fol. 6. 1. & Menachot, fol. 93. 2.
F12 Reland. Heb. Antiqu. par. 3. c. 2. sect. 8.

Hebreos 9:22 In-Context

20 diciendo: Esta es la sangre del Testamento que Dios os ha mandado

21 Y además de esto roció también con la sangre el Tabernáculo y todos los vasos del ministerio

22 Y casi todo es purificado según la ley con sangre; y sin derramamiento de sangre no se hace remisión

23 Así que fue necesario que las figuras de las cosas celestiales fueran purificadas con estas cosas; pero las mismas cosas celestiales, con mejores sacrificios que éstos

24 Por lo cual no entró Jesús en el santuario hecho de mano, (que es figura del verdadero,) sino en el mismo cielo para presentarse ahora por nosotros en la presencia de Dios