hebrews-8:13-9:12-nasb

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 8:13

The advent of the new and the doom of the old. I. WE MUST LOOK AT THE CHARACTER OF THE NEW . Mere novelty by itself counts for nothing. Man's new things are too often brought in, not because they are needed, but from mere restlessness, love of change, and self-glorification. The right principle of change is necessity, superseding the old because it has done its work. That is the principle, we may be sure, on which God acts. Thus we must not too readily assume that the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 8:13

In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old - That is, the use of the word “new” implies that the one which it was to supersede was “old.” New and old stand in contradistinction from each other. Thus, we speak of a new and old house, a new and old garment, etc. The object of the apostle is to show that by the very fact of the arrangement for a new dispensation differing so much from the old, it was implied of necessity that that was to be superseded, and would vanish away. This... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 8:13

Hebrews 8:13. In that he saith, A new covenant In that he expresses himself in this manner; he hath made the first old He hath manifested it to be old, or he hath shown that it is disannulled and out of date. Now that which decayeth, &c. That which is antiquated, and of no further use; is ready to vanish away As the Mosaic dispensation did soon after, when the temple was destroyed. “The Sinai covenant, before it was abrogated by Christ, was become old, or useless, in three... 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 8:13

made . . . old . Greek. palaioo. See Hebrews 1:11 . decayeth . Same as "made old". waxeth old . Greek. gerasko. Only here and John 21:18 . ready = near. vanish away = vanishing. Greek. aphanismos. Only here. Compare Acts 13:41 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 8:13

Hebrews 8:13. He hath made the first old.— St. Paul in another place calls the Jewish ceremonial law weak and beggarly elements; and, ch. Heb 7:18 of this epistle, he says, There is a disannulling of that commandment for the weakness and un-profitableness thereof. Agreeably to this, he here speaks of it as waxing old, in which case things become weak and useless, and so are ready to be laid aside, or put out of sight. So it is with an old garment, as he uses that similitude, ch. Heb 1:11 or,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 8:13

13. he—God. made . . . old—"hath (at the time of speaking the prophecy) antiquated the first covenant." From the time of God's mention of a NEW covenant (since God's words are all realities) the first covenant might be regarded as ever dwindling away, until its complete abolition on the actual introduction of the Gospel. Both covenants cannot exist side by side. Mark how verbal inspiration is proved in Paul's argument turning wholly on the one word "NEW" (covenant), occurring but once in the... 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 8:13

The writer contrasted the New Covenant with the Old Covenant, namely, the Mosaic Covenant. The Mosaic Covenant is now "obsolete" and even as the writer wrote the Book of Hebrews it was also "growing old." It virtually disappeared in A.D. 70 when the Romans destroyed the temple, terminated its ritual and officiants, and scattered the Jews throughout the world (cf. Matthew 24:1-2).The New Covenant is a branch of the Abrahamic Covenant. In the Abrahamic Covenant, God promised Abraham a piece of... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Hebrews 8:13

8:13 New, (b-5) Kainos . see ch. 12.24. read more