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Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
Hebrews 10:15 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB The Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying,
  • BSB The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First He says:
  • NKJV But the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us; for after He had said before,
  • NASB And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us; for after saying,
  • NLT And the Holy Spirit also testifies that this is so. For he says,

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Quick answer

The Holy Spirit also bears witness to this truth through Scripture. The author appeals to the Spirit's testimony in the prophets.

Overview

The writer introduces another quotation from Jeremiah 31, attributing it directly to the Holy Spirit. This affirms the divine inspiration of Scripture and grounds the argument in God's own word. The Spirit confirms that the new covenant brings full and final forgiveness.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 17

  • Heb 3:7Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
  • 2 Pet 1:21For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
  • Rev 3:6He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
  • Rev 2:11He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
  • John 15:26But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
  • Acts 28:25And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
  • Rev 2:7He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
  • Rev 2:29He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
  • Rev 3:22He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
  • Rev 2:17He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
  • Rev 3:13He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
  • 2 Sam 23:2The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
  • 1 Pet 1:11–12Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
  • Neh 9:30Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.
  • Heb 9:8The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
  • Heb 2:3–4How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
  • Rev 19:10And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

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Christ at the center

Hebrews is sustained worship of Christ: better than angels, Moses, and the priests; the great High Priest after Melchizedek who by one sacrifice perfects forever those he saves.

How Hebrews 10:15 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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