Hebrews 8:12 KJV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 8:11-12

Hebrews 8:11-12. And they Who are under this covenant; shall not teach That is, shall not any more have need to teach; every man his neighbour, &c., saying, Know the Lord Though in other respects they will have need to teach each other to their lives’ end; yet they shall not need to teach each other the knowledge of the Lord; for this they shall possess; yea, all real Christians, who believe in Jesus as the true Messiah, with a living faith, a faith working by love, shall know me ... 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 8:12

merciful . Greek. hileos . See Matthew 16:22 . unrighteousness . Greek. adikia (plural) App-128 . sins . Greek. hamartia. App-128 . iniquities . Greek. anomia. App-128 . no . Greek. ou me, as Hebrews 8:11 . The quotation is from Jam 31:31-34 . read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 8:12

12. For, c.—the third of "the better promises" ( :-). The forgiveness of sins is, and will be, the root of this new state of inward grace and knowledge of the Lord. Sin being abolished, sinners obtain grace. I will be merciful—Greek, "propitious" the Hebrew, "salach," is always used of God only in relation to men. and their iniquities—not found in Vulgate, Syriac, Coptic, and one oldest Greek manuscript; but most oldest manuscripts have the words (compare :-). remember no more—Contrast 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 8:8-12

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 8:12

8:12 never (a-17) Or 'in no wise.' A double negative, augmenting its force. 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

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hebrews 8:12

(12) Merciful.—Literally, propitious. On the kindred word “make propitiation,” see Hebrews 2:17.To their unrighteousness.—Rather, to their unrighteousnesses, and their sins will I remember no more. The words “and their iniquities” are omitted by the best authorities. Here is given the third and chief promise: the characteristic of the new covenant is the full pardon of sin.Of this new covenant, “ordained” on the three promises of an inward revelation, universal knowledge of God, and free pardon... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Hebrews 8:1-13

Heaven's Teaching on Earth's Duties Hebrews 8:5 The experience of Moses on Mount Sinai, to which our text refers, was a remarkable example of communion between God and man. We may thankfully accept it as a symbol of spiritual truth, and typical of recurring experience. Fellowship with God is not peculiar to any age, or clime, or race; and access to the Father is now far more generally enjoyed than in Mosaic times; for since then the world has seen and heard Him who said: 'I am the way, and the... read more