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Hebrews 10:1 — King James Version← Study notes

For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.


Hebrews 10:1Greek Interlinear

Greek · Hebrews 10:129 words
GreekMeaning
ΣκιὰνSkian
A shadownounG4639
γὰρgar
forwordG1063
ἔχωνechōn
havingverbG2192
ho
thearticleG3588
νόμοςnomos
lawnounG3551
τῶνtōn
of thearticleG3588
μελλόντωνmellontōn
comingverbG3195
ἀγαθῶνagathōn
good thingsadjectiveG18
οὐκouk
notadverbG3756
αὐτὴνautēn
themselvespronounG846
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
εἰκόναeikona
formnounG1504
τῶνtōn
of thearticleG3588
πραγμάτωνpragmatōn
thingsnounG4229
κατ’kat’
eachprepositionG2596
ἐνιαυτὸνeniauton
yearnounG1763
ταῖςtais
with thearticleG3588
αὐταῖςautais
sameadjectiveG846
θυσίαιςthysiais
sacrificesnounG2378
ἃςhas
whichrelative pronounG3739
προσφέρουσινprospherousin
they offerverbG4374
εἰςeis
toprepositionG1519
τὸto
thearticleG3588
διηνεκὲςdiēnekes
continuousadjectiveG1336
οὐδέποτεoudepote
neveradverbG3763
δύναταιdynatai
be ableverbG1410
τοὺςtous
thosearticleG3588
προσερχομένουςproserchomenous
drawing nearverbG4334
τελειῶσαιteleiōsai
to perfectverbG5048
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Hebrews 10:1

Hebrews 10:1 “For” (he says) “the Law having a shadow of the good things to come, not the very image of the things”; i.e. not the very reality. For as in painting, so long as one [only] draws the outlines, it is a sort of “shadow” but when one has added the bright paints and laid in the colors, then it becomes “an image.” Something of this kind also was the Law. “For” (he says) “the Law having a shadow of the good things to come, not the very image of the things,” i.e. of…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 17 on Hebrews
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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