Hebrews 8:10-12 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 8:6-13

In this part of the chapter, the apostle illustrates and confirms the superior excellency of the priesthood of Christ above that of Aaron, from the excellency of that covenant, or that dispensation of the covenant of grace, of which Christ was the Mediator (Heb. 8:6): his ministry is more excellent, by how much he is the Mediator of a better covenant. The body and soul too of all divinity (as some observe) consist very much in rightly distinguishing between the two covenants?the covenant of... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 8:7-13

8:7-13 For, if the first covenant, which is so well known to you, had been faultless there would have been no need to seek any place for a second one. It is to censure them that he says: "Look you the days are coming, says the Lord. when I will consummate a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be the same as the covenant which I made with their fathers, when I laid my hand on them to lead them forth from the land of Egypt; this must be so because they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 8:10

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel ,.... That is, this is the sum and substance of the covenant, which God promised to make with, or to make manifest and known to his chosen people, the true Israelites, under the Gospel dispensation; or the following are the several articles of that covenant, he proposed to consummate or finish, as before: after those days, saith the Lord ; after the times of the Old Testament, when the Messiah shall be come, and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 8:11

And they shall not teach every man his neighbour ,.... The Alexandrian copy reads, "citizen"; that is, fellow citizen; and so the Syriac and Arabic versions: "and every man his brother, saying, know the Lord": this is not to be understood, so as to set aside the external and public ministry of the word, which is a standing ordinance of God under the Gospel dispensation; or even the, private instructions of saints one to another, in Christian conversation, whereby they may build up one... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 8:12

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness ,.... That is, sin; for all unrighteousness is sin, being contrary to the justice of God, and his righteous law: and the phrase is expressive of God's forgiveness of it, which is a very considerable article of the covenant of grace; mercy is the spring and original of pardon; it is what God delights in, and therefore he pardons freely; it is large and abundant, and hence he pardons fully; and this lays a foundation for hope in sensible sinners:... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 8:10

This is the covenant - This is the nature of that glorious system of religion which I shall publish among them after those days, i.e., in the times of the Gospel. I will put my laws into their mind - I will influence them with the principles of law, truth, holiness, etc.; and their understandings shall he fully enlightened to comprehend them. And write them in their hearts - All their affections, passions, and appetites, shall be purified and filled with holiness and love to God and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 8:11

They shall not teach every man his neighbor - Under the old covenant, properly speaking, there was no public instruction; before the erection of synagogues all worship was confined at first to the tabernacle, afterwards to the temple. When synagogues were established they were used principally for the bare reading of the law and the prophets; and scarcely any such thing as a public ministry for the continual instruction of the common people was found in the land till the time of John the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 8:12

I will be merciful to their unrighteousness - In order to be their God, as mentioned under the preceding verse, it is requisite that their iniquity should be pardoned; this is provided for by the immolation of Jesus Christ as the covenant sacrifice. By his blood, redemption has been purchased, and all who with penitent hearts believe on the Lord Jesus receive remission of sins, and God remembers their iniquities no more against them so as to punish them on that account. All spiritual evil... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 8:10

Verse 10 10For this is the covenant that I will make, etc. There are two main parts in this covenant; the first regards the gratuitous remission of sins; and the other, the inward renovation of the heart; there is a third which depends on the second, and that is the illumination of the mind as to the knowledge of God. There are here many things most deserving of notice. The first is, that God calls us to himself without effect as long as he speaks to us in no other way than by the voice of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 8:11

Verse 11 11.And they shall not teach, etc. We have said that the third point is as it were a part of the second, included in these words, I will put my laws in their mind; for it is the work of the Spirit of God to illuminate our minds, so that we may know what the will of God is, and also to bend our hearts to obedience. For the right knowledge of God is a wisdom which far surpasses the comprehension of man’s understanding; therefore, to attain it no one is able except through the secret... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 8:6-13

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 8:7-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 8:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 8:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 8:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 8:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 8:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 8:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 8:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 8:11

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