Hebreus 9:11-28

O Sangue de Cristo

11 Quando Cristo veio como sumo sacerdote dos benefícios agora presentes,^[a] ele adentrou o maior e mais perfeito tabernáculo, não feito pelo homem, isto é, não pertencente a esta criação.

12 Não por meio de sangue de bodes e novilhos, mas pelo seu próprio sangue, ele entrou no Lugar Santíssimo,^[b] de uma vez por todas, e obteve eterna redenção.

13 Ora, se o sangue de bodes e touros e as cinzas de uma novilha espalhadas sobre os que estão cerimonialmente impuros os santificam, de forma que se tornam exteriormente puros,

14 quanto mais o sangue de Cristo, que pelo Espírito eterno se ofereceu de forma imaculada a Deus, purificará a nossa consciência de atos que levam à morte,^[c] para que sirvamos ao Deus vivo!

15 Por essa razão, Cristo é o mediador de uma nova aliança para que os que são chamados recebam a promessa da herança eterna, visto que ele morreu como resgate pelas transgressões cometidas sob a primeira aliança.

16 No caso de um testamento,^[d] é necessário que se comprove a morte daquele que o fez;

17 pois um testamento só é validado no caso de morte, uma vez que nunca vigora enquanto está vivo quem o fez.

18 Por isso, nem a primeira aliança foi sancionada sem sangue.

19 Quando Moisés terminou de proclamar todos os mandamentos da Lei a todo o povo, levou sangue de novilhos e de bodes, e também água, lã vermelha e ramos de hissopo, e aspergiu o próprio livro e todo o povo, dizendo:

20 “Este é o sangue da aliança que Deus ordenou que vocês obedeçam”.^[e]

21 Da mesma forma, aspergiu com o sangue o tabernáculo e todos os utensílios das suas cerimônias.

22 De fato, segundo a Lei, quase todas as coisas são purificadas com sangue, e sem derramamento de sangue não há perdão.

23 Portanto, era necessário que as cópias das coisas que estão nos céus fossem purificadas com esses sacrifícios, mas as próprias coisas celestiais com sacrifícios superiores.

24 Pois Cristo não entrou em santuário feito por homens, uma simples representação do verdadeiro; ele entrou nos céus, para agora se apresentar diante de Deus em nosso favor;

25 não, porém, para se oferecer repetidas vezes, à semelhança do sumo sacerdote que entra no Lugar Santíssimo^[f] todos os anos, com sangue alheio.

26 Se assim fosse, Cristo precisaria sofrer muitas vezes, desde o começo do mundo. Mas agora ele apareceu uma vez por todas no fim dos tempos, para aniquilar o pecado mediante o sacrifício de si mesmo.

27 Da mesma forma, como o homem está destinado a morrer uma só vez e depois disso enfrentar o juízo,

28 assim também Cristo foi oferecido em sacrifício uma única vez, para tirar os pecados de muitos; e aparecerá segunda vez, não para tirar o pecado, mas para trazer salvação aos que o aguardam.

Hebreus 9:11-28 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO HEBREWS 9

The apostle having, in the former chapter, taken notice of the first covenant, in this proceeds to show what belonged to it, that it had service performed under it, and a place in which it was performed, Heb 9:1 and he begins with the latter, which he distinguishes into two parts, and shows what was in each of them; in the first, which was the holy place, were a candlestick, table, and shewbread; in the second, which was the holiest of all, were a golden censer, the ark of the covenant, the golden pot of manna, Aaron's rod, the tables of the covenant, and the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, Heb 9:2-5. And next he speaks of the service performed in these places; in the first, the holy place, the common priests entered every day, doing service, as offering sacrifice Heb 9:6 and in the second, the holy of holies, only the high priest entered into, and that but once a year, with blood of slain beasts, which he offered for his own sins, and the sins of the people, Heb 9:7 and this being shut up, and entered into but once a year, was an indication from the Holy Ghost, that the way into the holiest of all, which this was then a figure of, was not yet made manifest, while the tabernacle or temple was standing, in which sacrifices were offered, which could not perfect the offerer of them, or remove guilt from his conscience, Heb 9:8,9 which shows the imperfection of that priesthood, it consisting of meats, drinks, baptisms, and carnal ordinances imposed on the Jewish nation until the times of the Messiah, Heb 9:10 which are now come, and in which there is an accomplishment of all those types and figures; Christ was typified by the high priest; and he is come as such, and the good things, the law was a shadow of, are come by him; who came into the world by the assumption of human nature, a more perfect tabernacle than the type of it was; and now having obtained eternal redemption for his people, he is gone into heaven, the most holy place, not as the high priest, with the blood of slain beasts, but with his own blood, Heb 9:11,12 the efficacy of which blood is argued from the lesser to the greater, that if the blood of beasts, and water of separation, sanctified and purified externally, then much more must the blood of Christ purge the conscience from sin, that it may serve God, since Christ offered himself to God without spot, through the eternal Spirit, Heb 9:13,14. The necessity of Christ's shedding his blood, or of his death, is proved from his being the Mediator of the new covenant, which required the redemption of transgressions under the first testament, that called ones might have the promise of the eternal inheritance, Heb 9:15. And this is reasoned from the nature of testaments or wills among men, which make the death of the testator necessary, they being of no force while he lives, only after his death, Heb 9:16,17. And this is further illustrated by the first testament being dedicated by blood, and everything belonging to it purged by it, the book, the people, the tabernacle, and all the vessels of it; nor is there any remission of sin, whether typical or real, without shedding of blood, Heb 9:18-22 wherefore, as it was necessary that the patterns and types of heavenly things should be purified in this manner; it must be more so, that the antitypes should be purified with better sacrifices, even with the sacrifice of Christ, Heb 9:23 and accordingly Christ is entered into heaven itself, of which the holy places in the tabernacle were figures, there to present and plead his sacrifice on account of his people, Heb 9:24 not that it was necessary that he should offer up himself again, or often, as the high priest, his type, went every year into the holy place with the blood of others; for then he must have often suffered since the world began, of which there was no need, since his appearing once in the end of the world, to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself, is sufficient, Heb 9:25,26 for as it is the appointment of God, that men should die but once, and then come to judgment, so it was only necessary that Christ should be offered once to bear the sins of all his people, and then appear a second time without any sin at all upon him, to the salvation of those that look for him, Heb 9:27,28.

Footnotes

• [a]. Muitos manuscritos dizem "que estavam por vir."
• [b]. Várias traduções dizem "Santuário."
• [c]. Ou "de ritos inúteis"
• [d]. O termo grego traduzido por "testamento " é traduzido por "aliança " nos outros versículos do capítulo.
• [e]. Êx 24.8
• [f]. Várias traduções dizem "Santuário."