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Hebrews 9 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Hebrews 9, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Greek words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

Hebrews 9 in the Greek

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Greek Transliteration Strong's Count KJV renderings
αἷμα haîma G129 11 blood
διαθήκη diathḗkē G1242 7 covenant, testament
ἅγιος hágios G40 9 holy, saint
σκηνή skēnḗ G4633 6 habitation, tabernacle
πρῶτος prōtos G4413 6 before, beginning, best, chief
προσφέρω prosphérō G4374 5 bring, deal with, do, offer
ῥαντίζω rhantízō G4472 3 sprinkle

How preachers through history handled this text

23 public-domain excerpts on Hebrews 9, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Spurgeon 12 Matthew Henry 6 Chrysostom 3 Luther 1 John Wesley 1

“The solemn transactions between God and man, are sometimes called a covenant, here a testament, which is a willing deed of a person, bestowing legacies on such persons as are described, and it only takes effect upon his death. Thus Christ died, not only to obtain the blessings of salvation for us, but to give power to the disposal of them. All, by sin, were become guilty before God, had forfeited every thing that is good; but God, willing to show the greatness of his mercy, proclaimed a covenant of grace. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Hebrews 9:15–22 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Holy Place 2 — Heb 9:12
  • Most Holy Place 2 — Heb 9:3

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