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No Forgiveness Without Blood
Commentators unanimously affirm the verse's core principle: forgiveness of sin requires the shedding of blood. This was the rule under the Old Testament law and points directly to the ultimate truth that remission is only possible through the blood of Christ. As multiple scholars note, this is a foundational principle of God's plan for salvation, and there is no evidence of anyone ever being pardoned without it.
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Albert Barnes
On Hebrews 9:22
18th Century
Theologian
And almost all things. It is a general custom to purify everything by blood. This rule was not universal, for some things were purified by…
AT Robertson
On Hebrews 9:22
I may almost say (σχεδον). Old adverb, only three times in the N.T., here, Acts 13:44; 19:26. Here it qualifies the ent…
Charles Ellicott
On Hebrews 9:22
19th Century
Bishop
And almost all things.—The meaning of the word “almost,” as it stands in the Greek, is rather, “One may almost lay down the rule,”…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Hebrews 9:18–22
19th Century
Preacher
Therefore, neither was the first testament dedicated without blood. For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the …
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Hebrews 9:22
Cleansing, then, meant blood, though the qualification “nearly everything” shows that the author is well aware that there were exceptions. Thus the…
John Calvin
On Hebrews 9:22
16th Century
Theologian
And almost all things, etc. By saying almost, he seems to imply that some things were purified in other ways. And undoubtedly, th…
John Gill
On Hebrews 9:22
17th Century
Pastor
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood ,
&c.] All "except a few things", as the Arabic version rende…
Matthew Henry
On Hebrews 9:15–22
17th Century
Minister
The solemn transactions between God and humankind are sometimes called a covenant; in this specific context, it is a testament. A testament is a pe…