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Hebrews 9:22

And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

KJV

καὶ σχεδὸν ἐν αἵματι πάντα καθαρίζεται κατὰ τὸν νόμον, καὶ χωρὶς αἱματεκχυσίας οὐ γίνεται ἄφεσις.

Greek NT

Et omnia pene in sanguine secundum legem mundantur : et sine sanguinis effusione non fit remissio.

Vulgate

And according to the law, I may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.

ASV

And almost all things, according to the law, are cleansed with blood: and without shedding of blood there is no remission.

Douay-Rheims

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Symbols Blood

In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἱματεκχυσία
aimatekchusia
noun · 1×
αἷμα
aima
noun · 97×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθαρίζω
katharizo
verb · 31×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
σχεδόν
schedon
adverb · 3×
χωρίς
choris
adverb · 41×
ἄφεσις
aphesis
noun · 17×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
o
article · 19778×

Themes

Doctrines that cite this verse

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
Leo argues that the union of the two natures is what makes salvation possible. If Christ were not truly God, He could not heal our fallen nature; if He were not truly man, He could not die in our place. There is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. He was made like us in every respect so He could be a merciful high priest, yet without the shedding of blood th…
The atonement is the heart of the gospel and the center of all Christian theology. Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins. Spurgeon proclaims that the blood of Christ is not a metaphor but the price paid for human redemption — the Lamb of God was slain from the foundation of the world. Every Old Testament sacrifice pointed forward to the Cross, and every be…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:17 — And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
  • 2Sam 21:3 — Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD?
  • Acts 13:38 — Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
  • Col 1:14 — In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
  • Eph 1:7 — In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
  • Exod 12:7 — And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
  • Exod 29:21 — And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and
  • Exod 29:36 — And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.
  • Exod 30:10 — And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it
  • Gen 4:4 — And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
  • Heb 11:4 — By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
  • Isa 6:6 — Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
  • John 1:17 — For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
  • John 13:8 — Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
  • John 19:30 — When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
  • John 19:34 — But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
  • Lev 4:20 — And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.
  • Lev 4:26 — And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
  • Lev 4:35 — And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings ma
  • Lev 5:10 — And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.
  • Lev 5:12 — Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin
  • Lev 5:18 — And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherei
  • Lev 6:7 — And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.
  • Lev 14:6 — As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:
  • Lev 14:14 — And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and
  • Lev 14:25 — And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and u
  • Lev 14:51 — And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:
  • Lev 16:16 — And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of
  • Lev 17:11 — For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
  • Lev 17:11 — For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
  • Luke 24:26 — Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
  • Num 8:12 — And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the L
  • Rom 5:9 — Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.