Hebrews 8:8 ESV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 8:8-9

Hebrews 8:8-9. For In this verse the apostle enters upon the proof of his argument proposed in that foregoing, namely, that the first covenant was not faultless, or every way sufficient for the end God had in view, because there was cause for the introduction of another. For finding fault with them Namely, the people; he saith, Behold the days come, &c. This is translated by Grotius and others, Finding fault, he saith to them, and understood of finding fault with the former... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hebrews 8:1-13

A new priest and a new covenant (8:1-13)Only once a year could the Levitical high priest enter God’s symbolic dwelling place (the Most Holy Place), but Christ the great high priest lives in the actual presence of God for ever (8:1-2). Levitical priests offered animal sacrifices, but Christ offered himself. He did not make this offering as a Levitical priest (for he was not of the family of Aaron), but the work of the Levitical priests pictured his work. The sacrifices they offered were a... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 8:8

finding fault . Greek. memphomai. See Romans 9:19 . LORD . App-98 . make = consummate, or complete. new . Greek. kainos. See Matthew 9:17 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hebrews 8:8

For finding fault with them, he saith, 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; Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers In the day that I took them by the hand to lead them forth out of the land of Egypt; For they continued not in my covenant, And I regarded them not, saith the Lord.This is from Jeremiah 31:31ff and is quoted by the author as scriptural proof that the abrogation of the old... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 8:8

Hebrews 8:8. For finding fault with them, &c.— "For God having accused and reproved the Jews by the prophet Jeremiah, Jeremiah 31:31, &c. for their transgressions of that covenant, (he says,) Observe with attention, wonder, and joy, The days are coming and hastening on apace, (says the Sovereign Lord of heaven and earth,) even the days of the Messiah, whom you expect to come, when I will assuredly set up a near covenant-dispensation; and I will establish it with my faithful people, who... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 8:8

8. finding fault with them—the people of the old covenant, who were not made "faultless" by it (Hebrews 8:7); and whose disregard of God's covenant made Him to "regard them not" (Hebrews 8:9). The law is not in itself blamed, but the people who had not observed it. he saith— (Hebrews 8:9- :; compare Ezekiel 11:19; Ezekiel 36:25-27). At Rama, the headquarters of Nebuzar-adan, whither the captives of Jerusalem had been led, Jeremiah uttered this prophecy of Israel's restoration under another... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 8:6-13

The better covenant 8:6-13The writer proceeded to explain the superiority of the New Covenant that Jesus Christ ratified with His blood (death) that is better than the Old Mosaic Covenant that He terminated when He died. He first explained the reason for the change in covenants (Hebrews 8:6-9), then he quoted the four superior promises of the New Covenant (Hebrews 8:10-12), and finally he underlined the certainty of the change (Hebrews 8:13). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 8:8-12

God gave the promise of a new covenant because the people of Israel had failed Him. He also did so because the Old Mosaic Covenant did not have the power to enable them to remain faithful to God. The New Covenant has the power whereby God’s people may remain faithful, namely, the presence of God living within the believer (i.e., the Holy Spirit). This is one way in which it differs from the Old Covenant (Hebrews 8:9). [Note: For a helpful essays on the new covenant, see J. Dwight Pentecost, Thy... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Hebrews 8:8

8:8 them, (m-7) See Jeremiah 31:31-34 . and (n-14) The 'and' here I take to represent the Hebrew word translated 'that' in Jeremiah 31:31 . new (o-19) Kainos . see ch.12.24. regards (p-22) regards (p-29) 'As regards' indicates the object in respect of which the covenant was made. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 8:1-13

The High Priest of the Heavenly Sanctuary and the Fulfilment of Jeremiah’s ProphecyChrist, as Melchizedek-High-Priest, has a higher ministry than the Levitical priesthood, because He ministers in the true Tabernacle in heaven which indeed was the pattern for the earthly tabernacle (Hebrews 8:1-5). Besides He is superior in proportion as the new covenant is better than the first (Hebrews 8:6-13).1. The sum] RV ’the chief point.’2. A minister] i.e. an officiating high priest.The sanctuary]... read more