Hebrews 8:1-6 ESV

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 8:6

Verse 6 6.But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, etc. As he had before inferred the excellency of the covenant from the dignity of the priesthood, so also now he maintains that Christ’s priesthood is more excellent than that of Aaron, because he is the interpreter and Mediator of a better covenant. Both were necessary, for the Jews were to be led away from the superstitious observance of rituals, by which they were prevented from advancing directly forward to the attainment of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 8:1

Now the chief matter in (or, in regard to ) the things which are being said is (or, to sum up what we are saying ) . The word κεφάλαιον in itself may mean either "summary" or "chief point." It is not "the sum of what we have spoken," as in A.V. " Caput, id est praecipuum …. dum haec omnia de archisacerdote nostro dicimus, caput totius sermonis, ordine ita postulante, commemorandum venit. Conf. ἐπὶ , Hebrews 8:6 ; Hebrews 9:10 , Hebrews 9:15 , Hebrews 9:17 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 8:1

The Minister of the true tabernacle, his position and his office. I. His POSITION . 1. It is in the heavens. He has passed through the veil into the heavens. He is no longer a localized priest, near to some and far away from others, but is in heaven, which is near to all of us. This bringing of heaven in contact with every human being is set forth by the teaching of the natural world. No one man has come in contact With more than a very tiny piece, comparatively, of the world in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 8:1-5

Heaven the place where this great High Priest ministers. Does the writer mean, "This is the summing up," or "This is the chief point"? We accept the latter, and that we have here no recapitulation, but an advance, the point to which he has been coming from the first. Christ, High Priest; Christ, High Priest greater than Aaron. So far we have come. Subject—Heaven the place where this great High Priest ministers. From this comes the truth to which he has been looking from the beginning,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 8:1-5

Here we have The substance of the argument, and illustrations hitherto adduced. It was the aim of the writer to show from prophecy, and the nature of the priesthood, and sacrifices of the Mosaic Law, the unrivalled and peculiar glory of Jesus Christ, and in these few verses the truths of the preceding arguments are recapitulated. It hints at the desirableness of reviewing the course of exposition, and the advantage, well known to all teachers, of the value and necessity of repeating... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 8:1-6

The chief point. This passage does not present a recapitulation of the topics already considered; it emphasizes, as the crowning topic in connection with our Lord's priesthood, the fact that he has been "made higher than the heavens." I. THE HEAVENLY MAJESTY OF OUR HIGH PRIEST . ( Hebrews 8:1 ) He dwells now in heaven, his native home. He occupies there the loftiest place; for he shares the sore-reign authority and the universal dominion of the absolute God. Aaron... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 8:2

A minister of the sanctuary ( τῶν ἁγίων , neuter, as in Hebrews 9:12 , equivalent to "the holy places;" cf. Hebrews 9:8 ; Hebrews 10:19 ), and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. The sphere of Christ's priestly ministration ( λειτουργὸς λειτουργεῖν , λειτουργία , being the recognized words in the LXX . and Josephus for denoting sacerdotal functions,—hence Liturgy ) is thus in the first place pointed to as being a heavenly one,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 8:3

The high priest—for what appointed. I. THE STATEMENT AS TO HIGH PRIESTLY FUNCTION IN GENERAL . All high priests, whether they be Aaronic priests or Jesus himself, are appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. Thus the classification is made of offerings for God. There are gifts, the expressions of thankfulness and devotion, which may be offered, which ought to be offered, but which can only have value as they come spontaneously and of free-will. To give them only in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 8:3-4

For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this one also have somewhat to offer. For (rather, nay ; the reading μὲν οὗν being better supported than the Textus Receptus μὲν γὰρ ) if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, seeing there are those who offer the gifts according to the Law. These verses are in proof of the assertion of Hebrews 8:2 , viz. that Christ has his ministry in the heavenly tabernacle.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 8:5

Who ( i.e. being such as do so; οἵτινες ) serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things ( ὑπόδειγμα here, as in Hebrews 9:23 , means" representation," in the way of copy, not of pattern. "Shadow" ( σκιὰ ) is opposed in Hebrews 10:1-39 . I to εἰκὼν , which denotes the reality, and in Colossians 2:17 to σῶμα ), even as Moses is admonished of God when about to make the tabernacle (literally, to complete ; but net in the sense of finishing a thing begun,... read more

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