# For hundreds of years, priests kept on offering sacrifices to God

This is background information about the sacrifices the priests offered to God in the past. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/grammar-connect-time-background]])

# But those sacrifices could not forgive their sins

This indicates an exceptional relationship. The sacrifices could show people their sin and that it deserved punishment, but it could not forgive those sins. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/grammar-connect-exceptions]])

# He gave himself

This could also be translated as: “Jesus allowed himself to be killed.”