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My blood. No covenant could be made without shedding of blood (Exo_24:8. Heb_9:20); and no remission of sins without it (Lev_17:11).
the new testament = the New Covenant. This can be nothing else than that foretold in Jer_31:31. If not made then, it can never now be made, for the Lord has no blood to shed (Luk_24:39). This is the ground of the proclamation of "them that heard Him" (Heb_2:3). See Act_2:38, and Act_3:19, &c. See also App-95.
new. Greek. kainos. New as to quality and character; not fresh made. Compare Mat_27:60. Mar_1:27.
testament. Greek. diatheke. This is the first occurrence in the N.T. It is an O.T. word, and must always conform to O.T. usage and translation. It has nothing whatever to do with the later Greek usage. The rendering "testament" comes from the Vulgate "testamentum". See App-95. Diatheke occurs in N.T. thirty three times, and is rendered covenant twenty times (Luk_1:72. Act_3:25; Act_7:8. Rom_9:4; Rom_11:27. Gal_1:3, Gal_1:15, Gal_1:17; Gal_4:24. Eph_2:12. Heb_8:6, Heb_8:8, Heb_8:9, Heb_9:10; Heb_9:4, Heb_9:4; Heb_10:16, Heb_10:29; Heb_12:24; Heb_13:20); and testament thirteen times (here, Mar_14:24. Luk_22:20. 1Co_11:25. 2Co_3:6, 2Co_3:14. Heb_7:22; Heb_9:15, Heb_9:15, Heb_9:16, Heb_9:17, Heb_9:20. Rev_11:19). It should be always rendered "covenant". See notes on Heb_9:15-22, and App-95.
is. Used by the Figure of speech Prolepsis. App-6.
for the remission of sins. See Act_2:38; Act_3:19.