Hebrews 10:11

And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	Καὶ Kai	G2532	and · conjunction
every	πᾶς pas	G3956	all · adjective — nominative singular masculine
priest	ἱερεὺς hi'ereus	G2409	a priest (literally or figuratively) · noun — nominative singular masculine
standeth	ἕστηκεν hestēken	G2476	to stand (transitively or intransitively) · verb — perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular
daily	ἡμέραν hēmeran	G2250	day · noun — accusative singular feminine
ministering	λειτουργῶν leitourgōn	G3008	to be a public servant · verb — present active participle, nominative singular masculine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
offering	προσφέρων prospherōn	G4374	to bear towards · verb — present active participle, nominative singular masculine
oftentimes	πολλάκις pollakis	G4178	many times · adverb
the	θυσίας, thusias	G2378	sacrifice (the act or the victim · noun — accusative plural feminine
same	αὐτὰς autas	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — accusative plural feminine
sacrifices	θυσία thysía	G2378	sacrifice (the act or the victim
which	αἵτινες aitines	G3748	which some · relative pronoun — nominative plural feminine
can	δύνανται dunantai	G1410	to be able or possible · verb — present middle or passive deponent indicative, 3rd person plural
never	οὐδέποτε oudepote	G3763	not even at any time · adverb — negative
away	περιελεῖν perielein	G4014	to remove all around · verb — second aorist active infinitive
sins	ἁμαρτίας· hamartias	G266	a sin (properly abstract) · noun — accusative plural feminine

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Cross-references

Hebrews 10:4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
Numbers 28:3 And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first year without spot…
Hebrews 5:1 For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for…
Psalms 50:8-13 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
Isaiah 1:11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed be…
Hebrews 7:27 Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once…
Hebrews 10:1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered…
Daniel 8:11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 10:7-18

Here the apostle raises up and exalts the Lord Jesus Christ, as high as he had laid the Levitical priesthood low. He recommends Christ to them as the true high priest, the true atoning sacrifice, the antitype of all the rest: and this he illustrates, I. From the purpose and promise of God concerning Christ, which are frequently recorded in the volume of the book of God, Heb 10:7. God had not only decreed, but declared by Moses and the prophets, that Christ should come and be the great high priest of the church, and should offer up a perfect and a perfecting sacrifice. It was written of Christ, in the beginning of the book of God, that the seed of the woman should break the serpent's head; an…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hebrews 10:11

And--a new point of contrast; the frequent repetition of the sacrifices. priest--The oldest manuscripts read, "high priest." Though he did not in person stand "daily" offering sacrifices, he did so by the subordinate priests of whom, as well as of all Israel, he was the representative head. So "daily" is applied to the high priests (Heb 7:27). standeth--the attitude of one ministering; in contrast to "sat down on the right hand of God," Heb 10:12, said of Christ; the posture of one being ministered to as a king. which--Greek, "the which," that is, of such a kind as. take away--utterly; literally, "strip off all round." Legal sacrifices might, in part, produce the sense of forgiveness…

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Adam Clarke on Hebrews 10:11

Every priest standeth - The office of the Jewish priest is here compared with the office of our High Priest. The Jewish priest stands daily at the altar, like a servant ministering, repeating the same sacrifices; our High Priest offered himself once for all, and sat down at the right hand of God, as the only-begotten Son and Heir of all things, Heb 10:12. This continual offering argued the imperfection of the sacrifices. Our Lord's once offering, proves his was complete.

John Gill

The Church Fathers

He calls them "the same sacrifices" because they are always being offered for the same things, since those sacrifices and offerings which have taken place and are taking place are not strong enough to strip away any sin purely and completely.
— Photios I of Constantinople, FRAGMENTS ON THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS 10.11

"And every priest stands." Therefore, to stand is a sign of serving. But to sit, just as Christ sat at the right hand of the Father, is a sign of being served, as being God. — "Daily offering." [PHOTIUS] He says that the same sacrifices were offered for the same things, and since the sacrifices and offerings that had been made were no longer effective, they could not completely and perfectly take away sin. [end of the Photius excerpt] —
— Oecumenius, The Pseudo-Oecumenian Catena on Hebrews

And every priest indeed standeth day by day ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, the which can never take away sins; but this man, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins, for ever set down on the right hand of God, from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made the footstool of his feet. For by one offering he hath perfected them that are sanctified. If, as He says, he sits for ever at the right hand of God after His Passion and Sacrifice, and for ever sanctifies those coming unto Him, how is it possible that heaven can be dissolved when He sits there for ever, and those coming unto Him are sanctified.
— Cosmas Indicopleustes, The Christian Topography, Book 7

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

High priest — Aaron was the first who was solemnly set apart to this office (Ex. 29:7; 30:23; Lev. 8:12). He wore a peculiar dress, which on his death passed to his successor in office (Ex. 29:29, 30). Besides…
High Priest, The · Inferior to Christ in: Offering oftentimes the same sacrifices — Inferior to Christ in: Offering oftentimes the same sacrifices
Law Of Moses, The · Christ: Fulfilled all types and shadows of — Christ: Fulfilled all types and shadows of
Offerings · .A type of Christ — .A type of Christ
Priests · Services of, ineffectual for removing sin — Services of, ineffectual for removing sin
Sacrifices · Were typical of Christ’s sacrifice — Were typical of Christ’s sacrifice
Types · .The institutions ordained by Moses — .The institutions ordained by Moses

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrews 10:11

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 10:7-18

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hebrews 10:11

Adam Clarke on Hebrews 10:11

John Gill

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Hebrews 10:11

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 10:7-18

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hebrews 10:11

Adam Clarke on Hebrews 10:11

John Gill

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Hebrews 10:11-18

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Hebrews 10:11-14