• Hebrews 9:12
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 12 οὐδὲ nor δι’ through αἵματος blood τράγων of goats καὶ and μόσχων young bulls διὰ through δὲ but τοῦ the ἰδίου own αἵματος, blood, εἰσῆλθεν he entered ἐφάπαξ upon one time εἰς into τὰ the ἅγια, holies, αἰωνίαν everlasting λύτρωσιν ransoming εὑράμενος. having found.

  • Hebrews 9:12
    King James Version

    • 12 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.

  • Hebrews Study Notes—Chapter 9
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 9:12

      He entered into the holy place: After his death and resurrection, Jesus entered “heaven itself,” which was represented by the Most Holy of the tabernacle. He appeared “before God,” that is, he came into the majestic presence of Jehovah.​—Heb 9:24 and study notes.

      with his own blood: Jesus could not take his literal blood into heaven. (1Co 15:50) Rather, he presented to God what his blood symbolized: the legal value of the perfect human life that he had sacrificed.​—See study note on Eph 1:7.

      obtained an everlasting deliverance for us: The Greek word here rendered “deliverance” could more literally be translated “ransoming; redemption.” Decades before Paul wrote this letter, Jesus provided the ransom, presenting its value to his Father in the holy place, heaven. Jesus thus obtained a means of redeeming all his faithful followers. It was “an everlasting deliverance” in that they would be delivered and blessed forever. Paul says that the deliverance is “for us,” referring to himself and his fellow anointed Christians. They would be the first to benefit from Christ’s sin-atoning sacrifice, which would ultimately benefit all who put faith in it.​—1Jo 2:2.