Hebrews 2:17

2:17 Therefore he had ¹  to be made like his brothers and sisters ²  in every respect, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make atonement ³  for the sins of the people.

Hebrews 4:15

4:15 For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin.

Hebrews 5:5

5:5 So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God, ⁴  who said to him, “You are my Son! Today I have fathered you,” ⁵ 

Hebrews 8:1

The High Priest of a Better Covenant

8:1 Now the main point of what we are saying is this: ⁶  We have such a high priest, one who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, ⁷ 

Hebrews 9:7

9:7 But only the high priest enters once a year into the inner tent, ⁸  and not without blood that he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance. ⁹ 

Hebrews 9:11

Christ’s Service in the Heavenly Sanctuary

9:11 But now Christ has come ¹⁰  as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,

Hebrews 9:25

9:25 And he did not enter to offer ¹¹  himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own,

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¹ tn Or “he was obligated.”

² tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 2:11.

³ tn Or “propitiation.”

⁴ tn Grk “the one”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Grk “I have begotten you”; see Heb 1:5.

sn A quotation from Ps 2:7.

⁶ tn Grk “the main point of the things being said.”

⁷ sn An allusion to Ps 110:1; see Heb 1:3, 13.

⁸ tn Grk “the second tent.”

⁹ tn Or perhaps “the unintentional sins of the people”; Grk “the ignorances of the people.” Cf. BDAG 13 s.v. ἀγνόημα, “sin committed in ignorance/unintentionally.” This term seems to be simply a synonym for “sins” (cf. Heb 5:2) and does not pick up the distinction made in Num 15:22-31 between unwitting sin and “high-handed” sin. The Day of Atonement ritual in Lev 16 covered all the sins of the people, not just the unwitting ones.

¹⁰ tn Grk “But Christ, when he came,” introducing a sentence that includes all of Heb 9:11-12. The main construction is “Christ, having come…, entered…, having secured…,” and everything else describes his entrance.

¹¹ tn Grk “and not that he might offer,” continuing the previous construction.