Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For then they would have ceased to be offered: because the worshippers once cleansed should have no conscience of sin any longer. would they not have. Hebrews 10:17 And their sins and iniquities I will remember no more. Hebrews 9:13,14 For if the blood of goats and of oxen, and the ashes of an heifer, being sprinkled, sanctify such as are defiled, to the cleansing of the flesh: . . . Psalm 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our iniquities from us. Isaiah 43:25 I am, I am he that blot out thy iniquities for my own sake, and I will not remember thy sins. Isaiah 44:22 I have blotted out thy iniquities as a cloud, and thy sins as a mist: return to me, for I have redeemed thee. Micah 7:19 He will turn again, and have mercy on us: he will put away our iniquities: and he will cast all our sins into the bottom of the sea. conscience. Context Christ's Perfect Sacrifice1For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, not the very image of the things, by the selfsame sacrifices which they offer continually every year, can never make the comers thereunto perfect. 2For then they would have ceased to be offered: because the worshippers once cleansed should have no conscience of sin any longer. 3But in them there is made a commemoration of sins every year:… Cross References Zechariah 9:11 Thou also by the blood of thy testament hast sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit, wherein is no water. Hebrews 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who by the Holy Ghost offered himself unspotted unto God, cleanse our conscience from dead works, to serve the living God? 1 Peter 2:19 For this is thankworthy: if, for conscience towards God, a man endure sorrows, suffering wrongfully. Lexicon [If it could],ἐπεὶ (epei) Conjunction Strong's Greek 1893: Of time: when, after; of cause: since, because; otherwise: else. From epi and ei; thereupon, i.e. Since. would not the offerings have ceased? ἐπαύσαντο (epausanto) Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural Strong's Greek 3973: A primary verb; to stop, i.e. Restrain, quit, desist, come to an end. For διὰ (dia) Preposition Strong's Greek 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through. the τοὺς (tous) Article - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. worshipers λατρεύοντας (latreuontas) Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 3000: To serve, especially God, perhaps simply: I worship. From latris; to minister, i.e. Render religious homage. would have been cleansed κεκαθαρισμένους (kekatharismenous) Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 2511: To cleanse, make clean, literally, ceremonially, or spiritually, according to context. From katharos; to cleanse. once [for all], ἅπαξ (hapax) Adverb Strong's Greek 530: Once, once for all. Probably from hapas; one time. [and] would ἔχειν (echein) Verb - Present Infinitive Active Strong's Greek 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. no μηδεμίαν (mēdemian) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's Greek 3367: No one, none, nothing. longer ἔτι (eti) Adverb Strong's Greek 2089: (a) of time: still, yet, even now, (b) of degree: even, further, more, in addition. Perhaps akin to etos; 'yet, ' still. have felt the guilt συνείδησιν (syneidēsin) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's Greek 4893: The conscience, a persisting notion. From a prolonged form of suneido; co-perception, i.e. Moral consciousness. of [their] sins. ἁμαρτιῶν (hamartiōn) Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural Strong's Greek 266: From hamartano; a sin. Additional Translations If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins. Otherwise, would they not have ceased being offered, because of those serving having been cleansed once, no longer having conscience of sins? For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. Else would they not have ceased to be offered? because the worshippers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins. Since, would they not indeed have ceased being offered, on account of the worshippers once purged having no longer any conscience of sins? Else would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshippers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more conscience of sins? For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshipers once cleansed, would have had no more conscience of sins. For then would not the sacrifices have ceased to be offered, because the consciences of the worshippers--who in that case would now have been cleansed once for all--would no longer be burdened with sins? Or else wouldn't they have ceased to be offered, because the worshippers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins? since, would they not have ceased to be offered, because of those serving having no more conscience of sins, having once been purified? 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