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The Great High Priest [48-06]

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For hundreds of years, priests continually offered sacrifices to God for people to show the punishment that they deserved for their sins. But those sacrifices could not take away their sin. Jesus is the Great High Priest. Unlike other priests, he offered himself as the only sacrifice that could take away the sin of all the people in the world. Jesus was the perfect high priest because he took the punishment for every sin that anyone has ever committed.

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Translation Notes:

  • he offered himself - This could also be translated as, "Jesus allowed himself to be killed."
  • took the punishment - That is, "received the punishment in his own body."