Hebrews 9:11

Christ’s Service in the Heavenly Sanctuary

9:11 But now Christ has come ¹  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 10:29

10:29 How much greater punishment do you think that person deserves who has contempt for ²  the Son of God, and profanes ³  the blood of the covenant that made him holy, ⁴  and insults the Spirit of grace?

Hebrews 11:4

11:4 By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith ⁵  he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith ⁶  he still speaks, though he is dead.

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¹ 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.

² tn Grk “tramples under foot.”

³ tn Grk “regarded as common.”

⁴ tn Grk “by which he was made holy.”

⁵ tn Or “through his sacrifice”; Grk “through which.”

⁶ tn Or “through his sacrifice”; Grk “through it.”