Hebrews 8:1 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 8:1-5

Here is, I. A summary recital of what had been said before concerning the excellency of Christ's priesthood, showing what we have in Christ, where he now resides, and what sanctuary he is the minister of, Heb. 8:1, 2. Observe, 1. What we have in Christ; we have a high priest, and such a high priest as no other people ever had, no age of the world, or of the church, ever produced; all others were but types and shadows of this high priest. He is adequately fitted and absolutely sufficient to all... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 8:1-6

8:1-6 The pith of what we are saying is this--it is just such a high priest we possess, a priest who has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of majesty in the heavens, a high priest who is a minister of the sanctuary and of the real tabernacle, which the Lord, and not man, founded. For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. It is therefore necessary that he should have something which he might offer. If then he had been upon earth, lie would not even have... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 8:1

Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum ,.... The scope and drift, the compendium and substance; or the principal of what has been said in or from Psalm 110:4 and has been discoursed of in the three preceding chapters, is the priesthood of Christ: we have such an high priest ; as is described in the foregoing discourse, and in the following words: Christ is a priest, an high priest, and the saints' high priest; they are not without one under the Gospel dispensation; and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 8:1

Of the things which we have spoken this is the sum - The word κεφαλαιον , which we translate sum, signifies the chief, the principal, or head; or, as St. Chrysostom explains it, κεφαλαιον αει το μεγιστον λεγεται , "that which is greatest is always called kephalaion," i.e. the head, or chief. Who is set on the right hand of the throne - This is what the apostle states to be the chief or most important point of all that he had yet discussed. His sitting down at the right hand of the... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 1 1.Now of the things, etc. That readers might know the subject he handles, he reminds them that his object is to prove that Christ’s priesthood, by which that of the law had been abolished, is spiritual. He, indeed, proceeds with the same argument; but as he contends with various reasonings, he introduced this admonition, that he might keep his readers attentive to what he had in view. He has already shown that Christ is a high priest; he now contends that his priesthood is celestial.... 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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 8:1-5

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 8:1-6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 8:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 8:1

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 8:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 8:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 8:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 8:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 8:1-6

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