Matthew 26:28

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν τὸ αἷμά μου τὸ τῆς καινῆς διαθήκης, τὸ περὶ πολλῶν ἐκχυνόμενον εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν.

Transliteration

This gar estin the haima of me, the [haima] of the kainēs diathēkēs, the concerning pollōn ekchynomenon for aphesin hamartiōn.

Grammar Details

• *gar*: conjunction - for/because
• *estin*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is
• *haima*: nominative, neuter, singular - blood
• *kainēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - new
• *diathēkēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - covenant/testament
• *pollōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - many
• *ekchynomenon*: present passive participle, nominative neuter singular - being poured out/shed
• *aphesin*: accusative, feminine, singular - forgiveness/remission
• *hamartiōn*: genitive, feminine, plural - of sins

Word Meanings

• *haima*: blood/lifeblood
• *kainēs*: new/fresh/renewed
• *diathēkēs*: covenant/testament/legal arrangement
• *ekchynomenon*: being poured out/being shed/being spilled
• *aphesin*: forgiveness/release/remission/pardon
• *hamartiōn*: sins/transgressions/moral failings

Referenced Verses

• Matt 20:28 : 28 ‹Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.›
• Exod 24:7-8 : 7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient. 8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled [it] on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
• Rev 7:14 : 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
• Lev 17:11 : 11 For the life of the flesh [is] in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it [is] the blood [that] maketh an atonement for the soul.
• 1 Cor 11:25 : 25 After the same manner also [he took] the cup, when he had supped, saying, ‹This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink› [it], ‹in remembrance of me.›
• Heb 9:14-22 : 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 15 ¶ And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions [that were] under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. 16 For where a testament [is], there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 17 For a testament [is] of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. 18 Whereupon neither the first [testament] was dedicated without blood. 19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, 20 Saying, This [is] the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you. 21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. 22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
• Heb 9:28 : 28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
• Heb 10:4-9 : 4 For [it is] not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. 5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 6 In burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou hast had no pleasure. 7 ¶ Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. 8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and [offering] for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure [therein]; which are offered by the law; 9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. 10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once [for all]. 11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; 13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. 14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
• Heb 13:20 : 20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
• 1 John 2:2 : 2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world.
• Rev 7:9 : 9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
• Eph 1:7 : 7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
• Col 1:14 : 14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, [even] the forgiveness of sins:
• Col 1:20 : 20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, [I say], whether [they be] things in earth, or things in heaven.
• Jer 31:31 : 31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
• Zech 9:11 : 11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein [is] no water.
• Mark 1:4 : 4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
• Mark 14:24 : 24 And he said unto them, ‹This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.›
• Luke 22:19 : 19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake [it], and gave unto them, saying, ‹This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.›
• Rom 5:15 : 15 But not as the offence, so also [is] the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, [which is] by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
• Rom 5:19 : 19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.