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But he has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. <a href="/nlt/hebrews/9.htm">New Living Translation</a> If that had been necessary, Christ would have had to die again and again, ever since the world began. But now, once for all time, he has appeared at the end of the age to remove sin by his own death as a sacrifice. <a href="/esv/hebrews/9.htm">English Standard Version</a> for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. <a href="/bsb/hebrews/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself. <a href="/blb/hebrews/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Otherwise it was necessary for Him to have suffered repeatedly from the foundation of the world. But now He has been revealed once in the consummation of the ages for the putting away of sin by the sacrifice of Himself. <a href="/kjv/hebrews/9.htm">King James Bible</a> For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. <a href="/nkjv/hebrews/9.htm">New King James Version</a> He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. <a href="/nasb_/hebrews/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. <a href="/nasb/hebrews/9.htm">NASB 1995</a> Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. <a href="/nasb77/hebrews/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. <a href="/lsb/hebrews/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. <a href="/amp/hebrews/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer over and over since the foundation of the world; but now once for all at the consummation of the ages He has appeared and been publicly manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. <a href="/csb/hebrews/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Otherwise, he would have had to suffer many times since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared one time, at the end of the ages, for the removal of sin by the sacrifice of himself. <a href="/hcsb/hebrews/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Otherwise, He would have had to suffer many times since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared one time, at the end of the ages, for the removal of sin by the sacrifice of Himself. <a href="/asv/hebrews/9.htm">American Standard Version</a> else must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once at the end of the ages hath he been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. <a href="/cev/hebrews/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> If he had offered himself every year, he would have suffered many times since the creation of the world. But instead, near the end of time he offered himself once and for all, so he could be a sacrifice that does away with sin. <a href="/erv/hebrews/9.htm">English Revised Version</a> else must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once at the end of the ages hath he been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. <a href="/gwt/hebrews/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Otherwise, he would have had to suffer many times since the world was created. But now, at the end of the ages, he has appeared once to remove sin by his sacrifice. <a href="/gnt/hebrews/9.htm">Good News Translation</a> for then he would have had to suffer many times ever since the creation of the world. Instead, now when all ages of time are nearing the end, he has appeared once and for all, to remove sin through the sacrifice of himself. <a href="/isv/hebrews/9.htm">International Standard Version</a> Then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the creation of the world. But now, at the end of the ages, he has appeared once for all to remove sin by his sacrifice. <a href="/msb/hebrews/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself. <a href="/net/hebrews/9.htm">NET Bible</a> for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the consummation of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice. <a href="/nheb/hebrews/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> or else he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. <a href="/wbt/hebrews/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. <a href="/wey/hebrews/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> In that case Christ would have needed to suffer many times, from the creation of the world onwards; but as a matter of fact He has appeared once for all, at the Close of the Ages, in order to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself. <a href="/web/hebrews/9.htm">World English Bible</a> or else he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hebrews/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> otherwise it was necessary for Him to suffer many times from the foundation of the world, but now He has been revealed once, at the full end of the ages, for [the] annulling of sin through His sacrifice; <a href="/blb/hebrews/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Otherwise it was necessary for Him to have suffered repeatedly from the foundation of the world. But now He has been revealed once in the consummation of the ages for the putting away of sin by the sacrifice of Himself. <a href="/ylt/hebrews/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> since it had behoved him many times to suffer from the foundation of the world, but now once, at the full end of the ages, for putting away of sin through his sacrifice, he hath been manifested; <a href="/slt/hebrews/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> (Since he must have suffered many times from the foundation of the world:) but now once at the termination of the times for the annulling of sin by the sacrifice of himself has he been shown clearly.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hebrews/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For then he ought to have suffered often from the beginning of the world: but now once at the end of ages, he hath appeared for the destruction of sin, by the sacrifice of himself. <a href="/cpdv/hebrews/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Otherwise, he would need to have suffered repeatedly since the beginning of the world. But now, one time, at the consummation of the ages, he has appeared in order to destroy sin though his own sacrifice. <a href="/nabre/hebrews/9.htm">New American Bible</a> if that were so, he would have had to suffer repeatedly from the foundation of the world. But now once for all he has appeared at the end of the ages to take away sin by his sacrifice. <a href="/nrsvce/hebrews/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the age to remove sin by the sacrifice of himself.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hebrews/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And if not so, then he would have been obliged to suffer many times from the very beginning of the world: but now at the end of the world, only once, by his sacrifice, did he offer himself to abolish sin. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/hebrews/9.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Otherwise, he ought to have suffered many times from the beginning of the world, but now in the end of the world, he has offered himself one time to destroy sin by his sacrifice.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/hebrews/9.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> for then, he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once in the end of the ages, he has appeared in order to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. <a href="/godbey/hebrews/9.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> since it behooved him frequently to suffer from the foundation of the world: but now in the end of the ages he has been made manifest unto the removal of sin through the sacrifice of himself. <a href="/haweis/hebrews/9.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> (for in that case he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world:) but now once for all at the consummation of the ages hath he been manifested for the abolishing sin by the sacrifice of himself. <a href="/mace/hebrews/9.htm">Mace New Testament</a> for then must he have suffered several times since the beginning of the world, when in the consummation of the ages, he has appeared once for all to expiate sin by offering himself as a sacrifice. <a href="/wey/hebrews/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> In that case Christ would have needed to suffer many times, from the creation of the world onwards; but as a matter of fact He has appeared once for all, at the Close of the Ages, in order to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself. <a href="/worrell/hebrews/9.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> else had it been needful for Him ofttimes to suffer since the founding of a world; but now, once for all, at the end of the ages, He hath been manifested for the putting away of sin through the sacrifice of Himself. <a href="/worsley/hebrews/9.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> (for then He must indeed have suffered often since the foundation of the world) but now once at the conclusion of the ages He hath been made manifest for the abolishing of sin by the sacrifice of himself. <a href="/parallel/hebrews/9-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-IAXXp5zcA?start=1672" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/hebrews/9.htm">Redemption through His Blood</a> …25Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. 26<a href="/greek/1893.htm" title="1893: Epei (Conj) -- Of time: when, after; of cause: since, because; otherwise: else. From epi and ei; thereupon, i.e. Since.">Otherwise,</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">Christ</a> <a href="/greek/1163.htm" title="1163: edei (V-IIA-3S) -- Third person singular active present of deo; also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is Necessary.">would have had</a> <a href="/greek/3958.htm" title="3958: pathein (V-ANA) -- I am acted upon in a certain way, either good or bad; I experience ill treatment, suffer. ">to suffer</a> <a href="/greek/4178.htm" title="4178: pollakis (Adv) -- Many times, often, frequently. Multiplicative adverb from polus; many times, i.e. Frequently.">repeatedly</a> <a href="/greek/575.htm" title="575: apo (Prep) -- From, away from. A primary particle; off, i.e. Away, in various senses.">since</a> <a href="/greek/2602.htm" title="2602: katabolēs (N-GFS) -- From kataballo; a deposition, i.e. Founding; figuratively, conception.">the foundation</a> <a href="/greek/2889.htm" title="2889: kosmou (N-GMS) -- Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally).">of the world.</a> <a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">But</a> <a href="/greek/3570.htm" title="3570: nyni (Adv) -- A prolonged form of nun for emphasis; just now.">now</a> <a href="/greek/5319.htm" title="5319: pephanerōtai (V-RIM/P-3S) -- To make clear (visible, manifest), make known. From phaneros; to render apparent.">He has appeared</a> <a href="/greek/530.htm" title="530: hapax (Adv) -- Once, once for all. Probably from hapas; one time.">once for all</a> <a href="/greek/1909.htm" title="1909: epi (Prep) -- On, to, against, on the basis of, at. ">at</a> <a href="/greek/4930.htm" title="4930: synteleia (N-DFS) -- A completion, consummation, end. From sunteleo; entire completion, i.e. Consummation.">the end</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/165.htm" title="165: aiōnōn (N-GMP) -- From the same as aei; properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity; by implication, the world; specially a Messianic period.">ages</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">to</a> <a href="/greek/115.htm" title="115: athetēsin (N-AFS) -- Annulment, nullification, abrogation. From atheteo; cancellation.">do away with</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/266.htm" title="266: hamartias (N-GFS) -- From hamartano; a sin.">sin</a> <a href="/greek/1223.htm" title="1223: dia (Prep) -- A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.">by</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2378.htm" title="2378: thysias (N-GFS) -- Abstr. and concr: sacrifice; a sacrifice, offering. From thuo; sacrifice.">sacrifice</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">of Himself.</a> 27Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/1_peter/3-18.htm">1 Peter 3:18</a> For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit, <a href="/1_john/3-5.htm">1 John 3:5</a> But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin. <a href="/romans/6-10.htm">Romans 6:10</a> The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-3.htm">1 Corinthians 15:3</a> For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, <a href="/galatians/4-4.htm">Galatians 4:4-5</a> But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, / to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons. <a href="/ephesians/1-7.htm">Ephesians 1:7</a> In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace <a href="/colossians/1-20.htm">Colossians 1:20</a> and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross. <a href="/1_timothy/2-5.htm">1 Timothy 2:5-6</a> For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, / who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time. <a href="/titus/2-14.htm">Titus 2:14</a> He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds. <a href="/matthew/20-28.htm">Matthew 20:28</a> just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.” <a href="/mark/10-45.htm">Mark 10:45</a> For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.” <a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a> The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! <a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16</a> For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. <a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Isaiah 53:4-6</a> Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. / But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. / We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all. <a href="/daniel/9-24.htm">Daniel 9:24-26</a> Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place. / Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress. / Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world has he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.the foundation.<a href="/matthew/25-34.htm">Matthew 25:34</a> Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:<a href="/john/17-24.htm">John 17:24</a> Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.<a href="/1_peter/1-20.htm">1 Peter 1:20</a> Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,in.<a href="/hebrews/1-2.htm">Hebrews 1:2</a> Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;<a href="/isaiah/2-2.htm">Isaiah 2:2</a> And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.<a href="/daniel/10-14.htm">Daniel 10:14</a> Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.he appeared.<a href="/hebrews/9-12.htm">Hebrews 9:12</a> Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.<a href="/hebrews/7-27.htm">Hebrews 7:27</a> 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, when he offered up himself.<a href="/hebrews/10-4.htm">Hebrews 10:4,10</a> For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins… the sacrifice.<a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14</a> How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?<a href="/hebrews/10-12.htm">Hebrews 10:12,26</a> But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; … <a href="/ephesians/5-2.htm">Ephesians 5:2</a> And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/1-2.htm">Ages</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-11.htm">Appeared</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-17.htm">Case</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-24.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-8.htm">Close</a> <a href="/daniel/9-27.htm">Consummation</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-11.htm">Creation</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-17.htm">Deaths</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-25.htm">End</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-22.htm">Fact</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-11.htm">Foundation</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-9.htm">Making</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-10.htm">Matter</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-26.htm">Needed</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-25.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-25.htm">Often</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-12.htm">Once</a> <a href="/acts/3-24.htm">Onwards</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-25.htm">Order</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-8.htm">Revealed</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-25.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-5.htm">Suffer</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-23.htm">Suffered</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-10.htm">Time</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-25.htm">Times</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-5.htm">Undergone</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-11.htm">World</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hebrews/11-3.htm">Ages</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-3.htm">Appeared</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-2.htm">Case</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-28.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/james/5-8.htm">Close</a> <a href="/daniel/9-27.htm">Consummation</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-20.htm">Creation</a> <a href="/numbers/16-49.htm">Deaths</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-2.htm">End</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-22.htm">Fact</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-20.htm">Foundation</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-11.htm">Making</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-11.htm">Matter</a> <a href="/james/2-16.htm">Needed</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-5.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-11.htm">Often</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-27.htm">Once</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-27.htm">Onwards</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-28.htm">Order</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-5.htm">Revealed</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-28.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-28.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-25.htm">Suffer</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-26.htm">Suffered</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-28.htm">Time</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-33.htm">Times</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-3.htm">Undergone</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-5.htm">World</a><div class="vheading2">Hebrews 9</div>1. <a href="/hebrews/9-1.htm">The description of the rites and sacrifices of the law;</a> 11. <a href="/hebrews/9-11.htm">which are far inferior to the dignity and perfection of the sacrifice of Christ.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This phrase emphasizes the sufficiency and finality of Christ's sacrifice. In the Old Testament, the sacrificial system required repeated offerings for sin, as seen in <a href="/leviticus/16.htm">Leviticus 16</a> with the Day of Atonement. The idea of Christ suffering repeatedly contradicts the unique and complete nature of His sacrifice. The "foundation of the world" refers to the beginning of creation, highlighting the eternal plan of God for redemption through Christ, as seen in <a href="/revelation/13-8.htm">Revelation 13:8</a>, which speaks of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages The phrase "once for all" underscores the singular and definitive act of Christ's sacrifice, contrasting with the repeated sacrifices of the Old Covenant. "At the end of the ages" indicates the culmination of God's redemptive history, marking the transition from the Old Covenant to the New Covenant. This aligns with <a href="/galatians/4-4.htm">Galatians 4:4</a>, which speaks of God sending His Son in the fullness of time. The appearance of Christ is the fulfillment of messianic prophecies, such as <a href="/isaiah/53.htm">Isaiah 53</a>, which foretells the suffering servant.to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself. This phrase highlights the purpose and effect of Christ's sacrifice. Unlike the animal sacrifices that could only cover sin temporarily, Christ's sacrifice effectively removes sin, fulfilling the promise of a new covenant in <a href="/jeremiah/31-31.htm">Jeremiah 31:31-34</a>, where God promises to remember sins no more. The self-sacrifice of Christ is a central theme in the New Testament, as seen in <a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a>, where John the Baptist identifies Jesus as the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. This act of self-giving love is the ultimate expression of God's grace and mercy, providing a way for humanity to be reconciled to God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The central figure in this verse, who appeared "once for all" to sacrifice Himself for the sins of humanity. 2. <a href="/topical/f/foundation_of_the_world.htm">Foundation of the World</a> Refers to the beginning of creation, indicating the eternal plan of God for redemption. 3. <a href="/topical/e/end_of_the_ages.htm">End of the Ages</a> A term that signifies the culmination of God's redemptive history through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. 4. <a href="/topical/s/sacrifice.htm">Sacrifice</a> The act of Jesus offering Himself as the ultimate atonement for sin, fulfilling the Old Testament sacrificial system. 5. <a href="/topical/s/sin.htm">Sin</a> The condition and actions that separate humanity from God, which Jesus came to "do away with" through His sacrifice.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_finality_of_christ's_sacrifice.htm">The Finality of Christ's Sacrifice</a> Jesus' sacrifice was complete and sufficient, eliminating the need for repeated offerings. <a href="/topical/t/the_fulfillment_of_prophecy.htm">The Fulfillment of Prophecy</a> Jesus' appearance at the "end of the ages" fulfills Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah's redemptive work. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_over_sin.htm">The Power Over Sin</a> Through Jesus' sacrifice, believers are freed from the power and penalty of sin, enabling a life of righteousness. <a href="/topical/l/living_in_the_light_of_redemption.htm">Living in the Light of Redemption</a> Understanding the magnitude of Christ's sacrifice should inspire believers to live holy and grateful lives. <a href="/topical/t/the_assurance_of_salvation.htm">The Assurance of Salvation</a> The once-for-all nature of Jesus' sacrifice provides believers with assurance of their salvation and eternal security.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hebrews_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hebrews 9</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_blood_of_christ_mean.htm">What is the meaning of the Blood of Christ?</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_decreeing_declaring.htm">Are all our sins forgiven across time?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_salvation_mean_without_guilt.htm">What does salvation mean without guilt?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_'baptized_into_his_death'.htm">What does "baptized into His death" mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hebrews/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) For then must he often have suffered.--The repeated presentation of Himself to God must imply, as a necessary condition, a repeated "suffering of death; as the high priest's offering of the blood of expiation in the Holiest Place implied the previous sacrifice of the victim. The writer's point of view is the time when "Christ entered into heaven itself." In speaking of the repeated "suffering" (<a href="/luke/24-26.htm" title="Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?">Luke 24:26</a>; <a href="/luke/24-46.htm" title="And said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:">Luke 24:46</a>, et al.), he marks the limits within which it must lie, reaching back to the "foundation of the world." The expression in the second part of the verse is the converse of this: looking forward from the "foundation of the world," through all the successive periods of human history until the Incarnation, he writes, "Now once at the end of the world"--"at the consummation of the ages"--hath Christ "been manifested." The words "consummation of the age" occur five times in St. Matthew's Gospel--<a href="/context/matthew/13-39.htm" title="The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.">Matthew 13:39-40</a>; <a href="/matthew/13-49.htm" title="So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,">Matthew 13:49</a>; <a href="/matthew/24-3.htm" title="And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the world?">Matthew 24:3</a>; <a href="/matthew/28-20.htm" title="Teaching them to observe all things whatever I have commanded you: and, see, I am with you always, even to the end of the world. Amen.">Matthew 28:20</a>. (See the Notes.) The phrase here is more expressive still. The history of all preceding ages was a preparation for the manifestation of the Christ ("who verily was fore-ordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times" (literally, at the end of the times), <a href="/1_peter/1-20.htm" title="Who truly was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,">1Peter 1:20</a>; all subsequent history develops the results of that manifestation. A similar thought is contained in St. Paul's words "the fulness of the seasons" (<a href="/ephesians/1-10.htm" title="That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:">Ephesians 1:10</a>), "the fulness of the time" (<a href="/galatians/4-4.htm" title="But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,">Galatians 4:4</a>). (See further the Note on <a href="/hebrews/1-2.htm" title="Has in these last days spoken to us by his Son, whom he has appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;">Hebrews 1:2</a>.) . . . <a href="/commentaries/hebrews/9-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Otherwise, Ἐπεὶ (Epei) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1893.htm">Strong's 1893: </a> Of time: when, after; of cause: since, because; otherwise: else. From epi and ei; thereupon, i.e. Since. He αὐτὸν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. would have had ἔδει (edei) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1163.htm">Strong's 1163: </a> Third person singular active present of deo; also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is Necessary. to suffer παθεῖν (pathein) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_3958.htm">Strong's 3958: </a> I am acted upon in a certain way, either good or bad; I experience ill treatment, suffer. repeatedly πολλάκις (pollakis) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_4178.htm">Strong's 4178: </a> Many times, often, frequently. Multiplicative adverb from polus; many times, i.e. Frequently. since ἀπὸ (apo) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_575.htm">Strong's 575: </a> From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. [the] foundation καταβολῆς (katabolēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2602.htm">Strong's 2602: </a> From kataballo; a deposition, i.e. Founding; figuratively, conception. of [the] world. κόσμου (kosmou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2889.htm">Strong's 2889: </a> Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally). But δὲ (de) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> A primary particle; but, and, etc. now νυνὶ (nyni) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3570.htm">Strong's 3570: </a> A prolonged form of nun for emphasis; just now. He has appeared πεφανέρωται (pephanerōtai) Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5319.htm">Strong's 5319: </a> To make clear (visible, manifest), make known. From phaneros; to render apparent. once [for all] ἅπαξ (hapax) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_530.htm">Strong's 530: </a> Once, once for all. Probably from hapas; one time. at ἐπὶ (epi) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1909.htm">Strong's 1909: </a> On, to, against, on the basis of, at. [the] end συντελείᾳ (synteleia) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4930.htm">Strong's 4930: </a> A completion, consummation, end. From sunteleo; entire completion, i.e. Consummation. of the τῶν (tōn) Article - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. ages αἰώνων (aiōnōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_165.htm">Strong's 165: </a> From the same as aei; properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity; by implication, the world; specially a Messianic period. to εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. do away with ἀθέτησιν (athetēsin) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_115.htm">Strong's 115: </a> Annulment, nullification, abrogation. From atheteo; cancellation. sin ἁμαρτίας (hamartias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_266.htm">Strong's 266: </a> From hamartano; a sin. by διὰ (dia) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1223.htm">Strong's 1223: </a> A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through. the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. sacrifice θυσίας (thysias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2378.htm">Strong's 2378: </a> Abstr. and concr: sacrifice; a sacrifice, offering. From thuo; sacrifice. of Himself. αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. 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