Hebrews 10:18

18 So when these have been forgiven, an offering to take away sins is no longer needed.

Hebrews 10:18 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 10:18

Now where remission of these is
That is, of these sins; and that there is remission of them, is evident from this promise of the covenant, just now produced; from God's gracious proclamation of it; from the shedding of Christ's blood for it; from his exaltation at the Father's right hand to give it; from the Gospel declaration of it; and from the several instances of persons favoured with it:

there is no more offering for sin;
there may be other offerings, as of praise and thanksgiving, but none for sin; "there is no need", as the Syriac version; or there is not required, as the Arabic version; there is no need of the reiteration of Christ's sacrifice, nor will he be offered up any more, nor of the repetition of legal sacrifices, nor ought they to continue any longer. The Jews themselves say ^F23, that

``in the time to come (i.e. in the times of the Messiah) all offerings shall cease, but the sacrifice of praise.''

And one of their writers says ^F24, when

``the King Messiah, the son of David, shall reign, there will be no need of (hrpk) , "an atonement", nor of deliverance, or prosperity, for all these things will be had;''

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Vajikra Rabba, sect. 9. fol. 153. 1.
F24 R. Abendana Not. in Miclol Yophi in Psal. lxxii. 20.

Hebrews 10:18 In-Context

16 "This is the covenant that I will make with them in the days to come, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their hearts and write them on their minds."

17 And then he says, "I will not remember their sins and evil deeds any longer."

18 So when these have been forgiven, an offering to take away sins is no longer needed.

19 We have, then, my friends, complete freedom to go into the Most Holy Place by means of the death of Jesus.

20 He opened for us a new way, a living way, through the curtain - that is, through his own body.