[B-Greek] PROSFERH in Hebrews 9:25

Tom Moore tom at katabiblon.com
Sun Nov 15 11:43:35 EST 2009


Not sure how PROSFEREI is in unusual in 9:7. PROSFERW is used for bringing forward (presenting) people for healing, and for bringing forward (presenting/offering) gifts to people, and for bringing forward (presenting/offering) sacrifices and offerings to priests and to God. So the high priest's special annual PROSFERWing (bringing forward/presenting/offering) of blood from a sacrifice in the Holy of Holies on the Day of Atonement is a normal usage.

"Present" is a good translation of PROSFERW in all cases. So is "offer" in most cases. In 9:25 "offer" works just a well as "present" because Christ's presenting of himself is the same as the offering of his blood. Hebrews 9 analogizes Christ's crucifixion with the high priest's blood offering on the Day of Atonement. So when Jesus PROSFERWs (presents/offers) himself to God in both 9:14 and 9:25, it is his blood that he is presenting/offering, in the same way the high priest PROSFERWs the blood of animals to God, so the presentation of himself is a reference to his death, which is why (per 9:26) if he had to PROSFERW himself over and over, year after year, in the same way as the high priest, that would mean he he would have had to "suffer many times."

Regards,
Tom Moore

P.S. A list of all occurrences of PROSFERW in the GNT:
http://en.katabiblon.com/us/search.php?mode=list&text=GNT&lemma=PROSFERW&i=on


>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Dave S. <m7feettall at yahoo.com>
>  Subject: [B-Greek] PROSFERH in Hebrews 9:25
>  Sent: Nov 15 '09 02:40
>  
>  In Hebrews
>  9:25 the meaning of the word PROSFERH has been debated.  Some see it as
>  referring to Jesus' death, citing a similar usage in 9:14. Others,
>  noting the unusual use of PROSFEREI in 9:7 for the blood manipulation
>  on the Day of Atonement,
>  have suggested the PROSFERH in 9:25 is in connection with Jesus' entry
>  and is a "presentation" of Himself in heaven, fulfilling the entry and
>  blood manipulation in the type.
>  
>  Now theological aspects aside I am looking for some textual arguments regarding one view or the other.
>  
>  I am leaning to the idea that
>  the term PROSFERH in v. 25 is being used for presentation rather than
>  the death for the following reasons:
>  
>  a. It seems that 9:7's unusual usage opens the door for the use in 9:25 as blood presentation.
>  
>  b.
>  OUD hINA at the beginning of verse 25 seems to refer back to the
>  negative statement of verse 24 OU GAR EIS XEIROPOIHTA hAGIA EISHLQEN hO
>  CRISTOS, indicating that verse 25 is still elaborating on the entry of
>  Christ, and the death did not happen at the entry into the heavenly.
>  
>  
>  Thoughts? Other arguments based on the text?
>  
>  Thanks for any insights!
>  
>  David Stuart
>  Gardner, KS
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