Hebrews 9:27 Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment,

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment,

English Standard Version
And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,

New American Standard Bible
And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment,

King James Bible
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And just as it is appointed for people to die once--and after this, judgment--

International Standard Version
Indeed, just as people are destined to die once and after that to be judged,

American Standard Version
And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this the judgment:

Darby Bible Translation
And forasmuch as it is the portion of men once to die, and after this judgment;

Young's Literal Translation
and as it is laid up to men once to die, and after this -- judgment,

Cross References

Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, till you return to the ground; for out of it were you taken: for dust you are, and to dust shall you return.

2 Samuel 14:14
For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither does God respect any person: yet does he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

Ecclesiastes 3:2
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he has done, whether it be good or bad.

Hebrews 10:27
But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

1 John 4:17
Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

9:23-28 It is evident that the sacrifices of Christ are infinitely better than those of the law, which could neither procure pardon for sin, nor impart power against it. Sin would still have been upon us, and have had dominion over us; but Jesus Christ, by one sacrifice, has destroyed the works of the devil, that believers may be made righteous, holy, and happy. As no wisdom, learning, virtue, wealth, or power, can keep one of the human race from death, so nothing can deliver a sinner from being condemned at the day of judgment, except the atoning sacrifice of Christ; nor will one be saved from eternal punishment who despises or neglects this great salvation. The believer knows that his Redeemer liveth, and that he shall see him. Here is the faith and patience of the church, of all sincere believers. Hence is their continual prayer as the fruit and expression of their faith, Even so come, Lord Jesus.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

27. as—inasmuch as.

it is appointed—Greek, "it is laid up (as our appointed lot)," Col 1:5. The word "appointed" (so Hebrew "seth" means) in the case of man, answers to "anointed" in the case of Jesus; therefore "the Christ," that is, the anointed, is the title here given designedly. He is the representative man; and there is a strict correspondence between the history of man and that of the Son of man. The two most solemn facts of our being are here connected with the two most gracious truths of our dispensation, our death and judgment answering in parallelism to Christ's first coming to die for us, and His second coming to consummate our salvation.

once—and no more.

after this the judgment—namely, at Christ's appearing, to which, in Heb 9:28, "judgment" in this verse is parallel. Not, "after this comes the heavenly glory." The intermediate state is a state of joyous, or else agonizing and fearful, expectation of "judgment"; after the judgment comes the full and final state of joy, or else woe.