Ebrei 9:22

22 E secondo la legge, quasi ogni cosa è purificata con sangue; e senza spargimento di sangue non c’è remissione.

Ebrei 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.

Ebrei 9:22 In-Context

20 dicendo: Questo è il sangue del patto che Dio ha ordinato sia fatto con voi.

21 E parimente asperse di sangue il tabernacolo e tutti gli arredi del culto.

22 E secondo la legge, quasi ogni cosa è purificata con sangue; e senza spargimento di sangue non c’è remissione.

23 Era dunque necessario che le cose raffiguranti quelle nei cieli fossero purificate con questi mezzi, ma le cose celesti stesse doveano esserlo con sacrifici più eccellenti di questi.

24 Poiché Cristo non è entrato in un santuario fatto con mano, figura del vero; ma nel cielo stesso, per comparire ora, al cospetto di Dio, per noi;