For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
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Gill's Exposition
For a testament is of force after men are dead,.... The necessity of Christ's death is here urged, from the nature and force of a testament or will, among men, which does not take place, and cannot be…
Barnes' Notes
For a testament - Such an arrangement as God enters into with man; see the remarks on Heb 9:16. Is of force - Is ratified, or confirmed - in the same way as a deed or compact is confirmed by affixing…
In these verses the apostle considers the gospel under the notion of a will or testament, the new or last will and testament of Christ, and shows the necessity and efficacy of the blood of Christ to…
Cambridge Bible
after men are dead This rendering expresses the meaning rightly a will is only valid "in cases of death," "in the case of men who are dead." Ex vi termini, "a testament," is the disposition which a…