9:16-17 What does it mean that where a testament is there must also be the death of the testator?
9:16-17 What does it mean that where a testament is there must also be the death of the testator?
This teaches that a will or testament becomes effective only when the one who made it - the testator - dies (CP V15 with Mt 26:28; 1Cor 11:25).
This explains why the Old Testament had to be ratified with blood (CP Ex 24:5-8 with He 9:18-23).
As the eternal God who brought Himself into the world in the person of His Son, Jesus is the testator of the New Testament destined to die and ratify it with His blood (CP Jn 1:1 with Gen 3:15; Isa 53:1-12).
9:24 See comments on He 8:1-2, 9:1-10