Geneva Bible Notes (1560): Hebrews 10

^{1 /} Or, make perfite.

^{1 /} Or, substance.

^{1 b} Which are eternal.

^{1 a} Which was as it were the first draught and purtrait of the liuely paterne to come.

^{1 !} The olde lawe had no power to clense awaye sinne.

^{5 c} When Christ was made man.

^{5 d} In the hebrewe it is, thou hast perced mine eares throwe, that is, hast made me prompt and ready to heare: and in the greke, thou hast made me a bodie, that is, to obey thee, which bothe tende to one purpose.

^{7 e} Or rolle and folding: for in olde time they vsed to folde bokes like rolles.

^{9 f} That is, sacrifices.

^{9 g} Which is, the wil of God to stand content with Christs sacrifice.

^{10 !} But Christ did it with offering of his bodie once for all.

^{14 h} That is, sanctified to God and made perfect.

^{18 i} Where there remaine no sinnes to be forgiuen, that is no more sacrifice: seing therefore that onely Christs death hathe washed awaye all sinnes, and doeth euer a fresh when sinners do repent, there can be none other sacrifice but that, & it can be no more reiterate.

^{18 k} For the offring of thankesgiuing, which is the onelie sacrifice now of the Christians, is not for sinne: but a thankesgiuing & an offring vp of our selues & ours for the same.

^{19 l} We by Christ haue the libertie which the ancient fathers colde not haue by the Law.

^{20 m} The blood of Christ is lawies fresh & liuelie, before the father to sprinkle and quicken vs.

^{22 !} And exhortation to receiue the goodnes of God thankefully with pattence and stedfast faith.

^{22 n} That is, hauing our hearts made pure.

^{25 o} Of Christs seconde comming.

^{26 p} That is, forsake Jesus Christ, as Judas, Saul, Arrius, Julian the apsotat did.

^{29 q} Whereby it is euident that the Apostle here onely meaneth of the sinne, which is against the holie Gost, as also {Chap. 6,4}

^{30 r} Defend the godlie and punish the wicked.

^{33 s} For the which thing also S. Paul praiseth the Philippians & Thessalonians.

^{33 /} Or, of that state.