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Hebrews 10:15
The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First He says:
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The author addresses Jewish believers, noting that the Holy Spirit confirms Christ’s single offering has permanently perfected those being sanctified. The Spirit’s testimony bridges the completed work of atonement with the covenant promise of internalized law.
The words — μαρτυρεῖ (marturei) means "bears witness" and δὲ (de) functions as a connective "now" or "for," not a temporal "first." The Greek syntax indicates the Spirit testifies to us concerning this reality after previously speaking the quoted covenant promise.
The thread — This pattern of Spirit testimony appears in Hebrews 3:7, where the Spirit speaks to a congregation, and in 2 Peter 1:21, where prophets spoke from God while carried by the Spirit. Revelation 2:11 similarly commands churches to hear what the Spirit says to them.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to recognize that divine confirmation rests on Christ’s finished work, not human effort. It demands submission to the Spirit’s authoritative witness and the internal transformation the covenant guarantees.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
Cross-references
- Hebrews 3:7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
- 2 Peter 1:21 For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
- Revelation 2:11 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
- Revelation 3:6 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
- John 15:26 When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.
- Acts 28:25 They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:
- 2 Samuel 23:2 The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.
- Nehemiah 9:30 You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.
- Hebrews 9:8 By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.
- 1 Peter 1:11 trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.