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Hebrews 10:2
If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The author addresses Jewish believers familiar with the Levitical system, arguing during a theological exposition on the superiority of Christ’s priesthood. The words — ἐπαύσαντο (epausanto) means “they have ceased,” and μηδεμίαν (mēdemian) means “none,” framing a rhetorical question about the logical outcome of effective sacrifice. The thread — The theme of complete sin removal appears in Isaiah 43:25, Micah 7:19, and Psalm 103:12, where God explicitly blots out, casts away, or removes transgressions entirely. Why it lands — The text states that repeated offerings cannot permanently cleanse guilt, so the reader must acknowledge the insufficiency of ritual repetition and stop relying on it for spiritual cleansing.
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The Greek words
King James Version
For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 43:25 I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
- Micah 7:19 He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.
- Psalms 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
- Isaiah 44:22 I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
- Hebrews 9:13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,
- Hebrews 10:17 Then He adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”