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NASB | Acts 2:46 Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 2:46 Day after day they met in the temple [area] continuing with one mind, and breaking bread in various private homes. They were eating their meals together with joy and generous hearts, |
Subject: Which sacrifices have ended? |
Bible Note: An offering for sins is no longer needed Hebrews 10:15-18 'Having God's Torah written in one's heart and mind necessarily implies that God has forgiven one's sins, so that "an offering for sins is no longer needed." Therefore the readers of this sermon should free themselves from their compulsion to offer animal sacrifices as sin offerings and instead be fully assured of the sufficiency of Yeshua's (Jesus') sacrifice of himself on their behalf. We moderns have no such compulsion, but we too should be convinced of the necessity of blood sacrifice for sin while having assurance that Yeshua's blood sacrifice fulfills that requirement. With this, the author's major argument is completed. 'But the author is very specific in limiting what he says. "An offering for sins is no longer needed" and is ruled out. But the other sacrificial offerings remain part of God's order even after Yeshua's death, as proved by Sha'ul's (Paul's) activity in the Temple at Acts 24:17. With the destruction of the Temple, sacrificial offerings became impossible; but if the Temple is rebuilt, thank offerings, meal offerings, and praise offerings may be offered once again. The author of this letter [to the Hebrews] does not proclaim the end of the sacrificial system in its entirety, only the end of animal sacrifices for sins.' ____________________ Source: Jewish New Testament Commentary, David H. Stern, Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc., 1992 Scripture quotes, enclosed in double quotation marks, are from The Complete Jewish Bible, David H. Stern, Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc., 1998 |