I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread he will live for ever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.’
Hebrews 8:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; therefore, it was necessary for this priest also to have something to offer. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For every high priest is appointed to offer up gifts and sacrifices; so it is essential for this [High Priest] to have some offering to make also. American Standard Version (1901) For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that this high priest also have somewhat to offer. Common English Bible Every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. So it’s necessary for this high priest also to have something to offer. Catholic Public Domain Version For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. Therefore, it is necessary for him also to have something to offer. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that he also should have some thing to offer. |
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread he will live for ever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.’
He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
For while we were still helpless, at the right time, Christ died for the ungodly.
But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.
He gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people for his own possession, eager to do good works.
Therefore, he had to be like his brothers and sisters in every way, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in matters pertaining to God, to make atonement , for the sins of the people.
Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.
For every high priest taken from among men is appointed in matters pertaining to God for the people, to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
He doesn’t need to offer sacrifices every day, as high priests do #– #first for their own sins, then for those of the people. He did this once for all time when he offered himself.
Now if he were on earth, he wouldn’t be a priest, since there are those offering the gifts prescribed by the law.
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works so that we can serve the living God?