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 year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
KJV
Σκιὰν γὰρ ἔχων ὁ νόμος τῶν μελλόντων ἀγαθῶν, οὐκ αὐτὴν τὴν εἰκόνα τῶν πραγμάτων, κατ’ ἐνιαυτὸν ταῖς αὐταῖς θυσίαις αἷς προσφέρουσιν εἰς τὸ διηνεκὲς οὐδέποτε δύναται τοὺς προσερχομένους τελειῶσαι·
Greek NT
Umbram enim habens lex futurorum bonorum, non ipsam imaginem rerum : per singulos annos, eisdem ipsis hostiis quas offerunt indesinenter, numquam potest accedentes perfectos facere :
Vulgate
For the law having a shadow of the goodthingsto come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect them that draw nigh.
ASV
For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, not the very image of the things, by the selfsame sacrifices which they offer continually every year, can never make the comers thereunto perfect.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
22 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
διηνεκής
dienekes
adjective · 4×
δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
εἰκών
eikon
noun · 23×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
θυσία
thusia
noun · 28×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
μέλλω
mello
verb · 110×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὐδέποτε
oudepote
adverb · 16×
προσέρχομαι
proserchomai
verb · 87×
προσφέρω
prosphero
verb · 49×
πρᾶγμα
pragma
noun · 11×
σκιά
skia
noun · 7×
τελειόω
teleioo
verb · 23×
ἀγαθός
agathos
adjective · 102×
ἐνιαυτός
eniautos
noun · 14×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: δύναται | NIV: δύναται | WH/Treg/RP: δύνανται
- δύναται — SBLGNT
- δύναται — Reader's GNT (NA27)
- δύνανται — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
15 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§128The Church, as early as apostolic times,104 and then constantly in her Tradition, has illuminated the unity of the divine plan in the two Testaments through typology, which discerns in God's works of the Old Covenant prefigurations of what he accomplished in the fullness of time in the person of his incarnate Son.
1. The Jews greatly prided themselves on the temple and the tabernacle. Wherefore they said, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord. Jeremiah 7:4 For nowhere else in the earth was such a temple constructed as this, either for costliness, or beauty, or anything else. For God who ordained it, commanded that it should be made with great magnificence…
Translated from the Latin of Rufinus 1. But as it is not sufficient, in the discussion of matters of such importance, to entrust the decision to the human senses and to the human understanding, and to pronounce on things invisible as if they were seen by us, we must, in order to establish the positions which we have laid down, adduce the testimony of Holy Scripture. And that th…
Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew · 3 passages
1. The Parable of the Tares: the House of Jesus. Then He left the multitudes and went into His house, and His disciples came unto Him saying, Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field. Matthew 13:36 When Jesus then is with the multitudes, He is not in His house, for the multitudes are outside of the house, and it is an act which springs from His love of men to leave t…
1. Introduction to the Feeding of the Five Thousand. And when even had come His disciples came to Him, Matthew 14:15 that is, at the consummation of the age in regard to which we may fitly say what is found in the Epistle of John, It is the last hour. 1 John 2:18 They, not yet understanding what the Word was about to do, say to Him, The place is desert, Matthew 14:15 seeing the…
1. Concerning Those Who Asked Him to Show Them a Sign from Heaven. And the Sadducees and Pharisees came, and tempting Him kept asking Him to show them a sign from heaven. Matthew 16:1 The Sadducees and Pharisees who disagreed with each other in regard to the most essential truths, — for the Pharisees champion the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, hoping that there will …
Summa Theologica · 3 passages
Is it necessary? Is it a science? Is it one or many? Is it speculative or practical? How it is compared with other sciences? Is it the same as wisdom? Is God its subject-matter? Is it a matter of argument? Does it rightly employ metaphors and similes? May the Sacred Scripture of this doctrine be expounded in different senses? Article 1. Whether, besides philosophy, any further …
Is it fitting that Christ should be a priest? The victim offered by this priest The effect of this priesthood Does the effect of His priesthood pertain to Himself, or only to others? The eternal duration of His priesthood Should He be called "a priest according to the order of Melchisedech"? Article 1. Whether it is fitting that Christ should be a priest? Objection 1. It would …
Is the Body of Christ in this sacrament truly, or figuratively? Do the substance of bread and wine remain in this sacrament after the consecration? Is it annihilated? Is it changed into the body and blood of Christ? Do the accidents remain after the change? Does the substantial form remain there? Is this change instantaneous? Is it more miraculous than any other change?}--> By …
We believe that the ceremonies and symbols of the law have ended with the coming of Christ, and that all foreshadowings have come to an end, so that the use of them ought to be abolished among Christians. Yet the truth and substance of these things remain for us in Jesus Christ, in whom they have been fulfilled. Nevertheless, we continue to use the witnesses drawn from the law …
The Jewish War · 2 passages
The climactic book: the burning of the Second Temple on the 9th/10th of Ab, AD 70 — the same date (according to tradition) as the destruction of Solomon's Temple in 586 BC. Josephus describes portents and signs that preceded the destruction: a star resembling a sword stood over the city, a light shone around the altar, the eastern gate of the Temple opened of its own accord, ch…
Covers the aftermath: the Roman triumph in Rome, the fall of Masada (AD 73-74), and the closure of the Onias temple in Egypt. The destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple marked the end of the sacrificial system that the Epistle to the Hebrews declares obsolete (Heb 8:13). The scattering of the Jewish people fulfills Luke 21:24: "Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles unt…
Cross-references
- 2Cor 3:13 — And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
- Acts 6:14 — For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
- Col 2:17 — Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
- Col 2:17 — Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
- Eph 2:15 — Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
- Ezek 46:15 — Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and the oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering.
- Gal 3:24 — Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
- Heb 7:16 — Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
- Heb 7:18 — For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
- Heb 7:19 — For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
- Heb 8:5 — Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the patter
- Heb 8:5 — Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the patter
- Heb 9:11 — But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
- Heb 9:11 — But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
- Heb 9:23 — It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
- Heb 10:11 — And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
- Heb 10:14 — For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
- Lev 16:30 — For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.
- Luke 24:44 — And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the
- Ps 119:18 — Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
- Rom 3:21 — But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
- Rom 8:3 — For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: