| Geneva Study Bible {3} And every priest standeth {e} daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: (3) A conclusion, with the other part of the comparison: The Levitical high priest repeats the same sacrifices daily in his sanctuary: upon which it follows that neither those sacrifices, nor those offerings, nor those high priests could take away sins. But Christ having offered one sacrifice once for the sins of all men, and having sanctified his own for ever, sits at the right hand of the Father, having all power in his hands. (e) At the altar. People's New Testament 10:11 And every priest standeth daily ministering. Christ offered his sacrifice once for all (Heb 10:10), but Levitical priests offer daily their sacrifices which can never take way sins. Wesley's Notes 10:11 Every priest standeth - As a servant in an humble posture. Scofield Reference Notes Margin sins Sin. See Scofield Note: "Rom 3:23". Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 11. And-a new point of contrast; the frequent repetition of the sacrifices. priest-The oldest manuscripts read, "high priest." Though he did not in person stand "daily" offering sacrifices, he did so by the subordinate priests of whom, as well as of all Israel, he was the representative head. So "daily" is applied to the high priests (Heb 7:27). standeth-the attitude of one ministering; in contrast to "sat down on the right hand of God," Heb 10:12, said of Christ; the posture of one being ministered to as a king. which-Greek, "the which," that is, of such a kind as. take away-utterly; literally, "strip off all round." Legal sacrifices might, in part, produce the sense of forgiveness, yet scarcely even that (see on [2576]Heb 10:4); but entirely to strip off one's guilt they never could. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 10:11-18 Under the new covenant, or gospel dispensation, full and final pardon is to be had. This makes a vast difference between the new covenant and the old one. Under the old, sacrifices must be often repeated, and after all, only pardon as to this world was to be obtained by them. Under the new, one Sacrifice is enough to procure for all nations and ages, spiritual pardon, or being freed from punishment in the world to come. Well might this be called a new covenant. Let none suppose that human inventions can avail those who put them in the place of the sacrifice of the Son of God. What then remains, but that we seek an interest in this Sacrifice by faith; and the seal of it to our souls, by the sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience? So that by the law being written in our hearts, we may know that we are justified, and that God will no more remember our sins. | 
