‘Offering the Gifts’ (‘prospheróntohn ta dóhra’)
“That the high priest
may offer both gifts and sacrifices for
sins”
By offence many died; but not as with offence, is it with grace, much rather grace and the gift
unto many abounded! Not as
with one who sinned is it with the gift,
for as by offence, death reigned ... much rather will they who receive the gift, reign in Life.
“But not as with the offence indeed
is it with grace, for if by the offence of one man the many died, much rather abounded
the grace of God and the gift
unto many by the grace of The One Man Jesus Christ. Then not
as with one who sinned is it with the gift, for on the one hand judgment unto condemnation comes from one
man; on the other hand
though, grace, from many offences, is unto justification. For as
by one man’s offence death reigned by the one, much rather will they who
receive abundance of grace and the gift
of righteousness, reign in Life through The One Man
Jesus Christ.”
“If thou knewest the Gift of God indeed Who is The One saying to you, give Me water.” “We joy in God through
our Lord Jesus Christ by whom we have now received the atonement and reconciliation”
“We received” a ‘gift’, the Gift
of Christ, the ‘gift’ of reconciliation
and atonement – ‘The Gift of Life’!
Here is how :
‘Gift’ - ‘Dohreá’ (X 11)
Hb5:1,
“That the high priest may offer:
both gifts and sacrifices for sins”, (hína prospheréhi: dohrá te kaí thusías hupér hamartióhn)
Ro5:15,
“But not as with the offence (All’
ouch hohs to paráptohma) indeed
(is it with) grace (hoútohs kai to chárisma),
for if (ei gar) by the offence of one
man (tohi paraptóhmati tou henós) the
many died (hoi pollóí apéthanon), much rather abounded the grace of God (pollóhi mallon eperísseusen heh cháris tou theoú) and
the gift unto many (kai heh doreá
... eis tous polloús) by the grace of
The One Man Jesus Christ (en cháriti tehi
tou henós anthróhpou Iehsoú Xristoú).
16 Then not as with one who sinned (is
it with) the gift (kai oux
hohs di’ henós hamartéhsantos to dóhrehma): for on the one (hand) judgment unto
condemnation (comes) from one man (to men
gar kríma ex henós eis katákrima); on
the other (hand though), grace, from many offences, (is) unto
justification (to de chárisma, ek
pollóhn paraptohmátohn eis dikáíohma).
17 For as by one man’s offence death reigned by the one (ei gar tohi tou henós paraptóhmati ho thánatos
ebasíleusen dia tou henós), much
rather will they who receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness (pollóhi
mallon hoi (lambánontes)
perisséían tehs cháritas kai tehs dohreás
tehs dikaiosýnehs), reign in Life
through The One (Man) Jesus Christ (en dzohéhi basileúsousin diá tou henós Iehsoú Xristoú).
Jn4:10, “If thou knewest the
Gift of God (ei ehdéís tehn dohreán tou theoú) indeed Who is The One saying to you, give Me water.”
Ro5:11b, “We joy in God through our Lord Jesus
Christ (kauchóhmenoi en tohi theóhi
diá Kyrioú hehmóhn Iehsoú Xristoú) by whom we have now received the atonement /
reconciliation” -(di’ ‘hou nyn tehn katallagéhn
elábomen)
“We received” a ‘gift’, the Gift
of Christ, the ‘gift’ of reconciliation
and atonement – ‘The Gift of Life’!
“On account of the
excelling grace of God upon you, thanks to God for His Unspeakable and
Indescribable Gift.” “Partakers of his
Promise in Christ by the Gospel ... according to the Gift of the grace of God given ... by the effectual working
of His Power.” “Unto every one of us is given grace according
to the measure of the Gift-of-Christ.”* “Once having tasted of
the heavenly gifts ... the principles of the doctrine of Christ”. (2Cor9:15;
Eph3:7-8; 4:7; Hb6:4/1)
(* ‘gift’ in verse
8b not ‘dohreá’, but ‘dómata’! Also note the use of ‘dohreá’ only where applied with
reference to God or Christ or Holy Spirit, in contrast with ‘dóhron’ for other applications, 19 times
with the probable or improbable exception of Eph2:8.)
‘Prosphéroh’
Offer / bring: Mt5:23 (gift
to altar of sacrifice), 24, 8:4, Mk1:44 (for cleansing) Lk5:14 (things Moses
commanded), Acts 7:42 (things slain) (X6)
Offer offering: Acts
21:26
Bring / give / put: Mt2:11,
4:24, 8:16, 9:2, 32, 12:22, 14:35, 17:16, 18:24, 19:13, 22:19, 25:20, Mk10:13,
13, Lk12:11, 18:15, 23:14, 36, Jh19:29
Acts 8:18 (X20)
Do service / favour: Jn16:2
Subtotal X28
In Hebrews
Concerning sins: Sacrifices 5:3, 9:7, 10:1,2,11, 11:4,17a,b (X8)
Offer gift:
8:3, 4 (X2)
Both sacrifice and
gift: 5:1, 8:3, 9:9, 10:8a (X4)
Christ offered sacrifice: 9:28, 10:12 (X2)
Offered Himself: 9:14 (blood ... ‘offered’=24), 25 (X2)
Offered prayers 5:7
Dealing with sons 12:7
Subtotal X20; Total
X48
“If thou bring thy gift to
the altar of sacrifice (eán oun prosphérehis
to dóhrón sou epí to thysiastéhrion) ... leave there thy gift before the
altar, and go thy way (áphes ekeí to dóhrón
sou émprosthen tou thyastehríou) ... and then come and offer thy gift (kai tóte elthóhn prósphere to dóhrón sou).”
Mt5:23-24 If you are not a priest, you
only ‘offer’ or ‘bring and present’-‘prosphérehis’
your ‘gift’-‘ dóhron’ for to be
slaughtered on the ‘altar for sacrifice’-‘
thysiastéhrion’ (< ‘thýoh’
> ‘thysía’-‘sacrifice’+‘staurós’
i.m.o.). Only a priest could actually sacrifice or shed the blood to take the
life. For Christ to have made “Sacrifice
of Himself”, He had to have been Priest in order to do so. Not of the tribe of
Levi, He, according to the Law, could not be Priest. But because Christ from
everlasting had been Priest and again by Word of God had been appointed and
sworn, Priest, He not only had been Priest but, from everlasting had been “High Priest of the Most
High God ... after the Order of Melchisedec … according to the Law of
Everlasting Life”. Therefore Jesus, “while on earth” (8:4), in fact had been High Priest when, on
earth, He “made
Sacrifice of Himself”, so that, “If He on earth remained, would not be Priest at
all”.
“So
Christ was one offered to bear the sins of many”; “now
once in the end of the world hath He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice
of Himself.” (hoútohs kai ho Xristós hápaks prosenenchtheís eis to pollóhn anenenkeín
hamartías; ... nuní hápaks epí synteleíai tohn aióhnohn eis athétehsin tehs
hamartías diá tehs thysías autoú pephanérohtai.) Hb9:28a, 26b. (‘Offered’
–‘prosenenchtheís / anenenkeín < prosphéroh’; ‘Put away / annull’ – ‘athétehsin’ < athetéoh < a+títhehmi)
Christ ‘brings’ and
‘presents’-‘prosphérei’ Himself before
the altar for to be ‘sacrificed’ (thúoh),
and “on
the altar-of-the-cross’-‘epi to thysiastéhrion’, ‘of Himself made sacrifice’-‘thysías’
/ ‘anenénkas’, cf. James 2:21.
All earthly ‘sacrifices’
are ‘offered’ live, ‘gifts-of-offering-to-be-sacrificed’.
--- Christ while on earth had to be
ALIVE, in order to offer / present-Himself-a-Sacrifice / for to be sacrificed!
Everyone had to bring his
‘offering-while-alive’; but only a
priest could ‘sacrifice / slay / offer-it-a-sacrifice’. --- Christ
while on earth had to be PRIEST, in order to Make Sacrifice of Himself!
No one but a priest afterwards
could within the sanctuary ‘bring-offer-present’ the (sacrificed) life-blood (by pouring, sprinkling or smearing it onto
the altar of blood offering).
No one but Christ afterwards
and within the sanctuary of His Own Being could ‘bring-offer-present’ “before the LORD” LIFE, “brought-from-the-dead-again”.
(The ‘place’ as well as
the ‘time’, are found in One, “brought-from-the-dead-again” ... Two, “offered
/ exalted before the LORD” ... Three,
“seated at
/ on the Right Hand of God”. The manner and estimation of THIS OFFERING,
are found in “in
the heavenlies / in heavenly glory”
... “far
above every name named”.) Therefore
‘to offer’ pertain to the sacrifice before being slain or sacrificed (sometimes,
‘offered’). As a living offering or gift it is then ‘sacrificed’ a sacrifice by the
shedding of blood, wherewith life is taken for sins. So with
Christ; but, like with no
earthly offering or taking of life, Christ first ‘offered’ Himself for to be sacrificed; next, “of Himself made
sacrifice”; and last, “took up His Life again ... an Offering” of
Life unto life ... to which every case (X4) of the ‘Gift’-‘dohreá’ of the Holy Spirit witnesses!
Acts 2:38, 8:18/20, 10:45, 11:16/17.