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Hebrews 8:1-6
Christ's Eternal Priesthood has Superseded the Temporary Priesthood of Aaron.
The more excellent ministry of Christ:
Christ's Eternal Priesthood has Superseded the Temporary Priesthood of Aaron.
The more excellent ministry of Christ:
CHAPTER VIII. _The sum, or chief articles, of what the apostle has spoken_, _concerning the eternal priesthood of Christ_, 1-5: _The excellency of the new covenant beyond that of the old_, 6-9. _T...
NOW OF THE THINGS WHICH WE HAVE SPOKEN - Or, “of the things of which we are speaking” (Stuart); or as we should say, “of what is said.” The Greek does not necessarily mean things that “had been” spoke...
CHAPTER 8 _ 1. Christ, the High Priest (Hebrews 8:1)_ 2. The old covenant and the new (Hebrews 8:7) Hebrews 7:1 The new priesthood which the better priest exerciseth in heaven furthermore implies a...
HEBREWS 8:1 TO HEBREWS 10:18. The greatness of the High Priest has now been sufficiently proved, and the writer proceeds to demonstrate the _greatness of His ministry._ This section constitutes the he...
THE WAY TO REALITY (Hebrews 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 mini...
OF. upon. Greek. _epi._ App-104. SUM. main point. Greek. _kephalaio._ See Acts 22:28. SUCH. Emphatic. IS SET. sat down. See Hebrews 1:3. ON. Greek. _en._ App-104. MAJESTY. Greek. _megalosune._ See...
_of the things which we have spoken this is the sum_ Rather, "the chief point in what we are saying is this." The word rendered "sum" (_kephalaion_) may mean, in its classical sense, "chief point," an...
CH. 8. Having compared the two Priesthoods, and shewn the inferiority of the Aaronic priesthood to that of Christ as “a High Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek,” the writer now proceeds to...
HAVING COMPARED THE TWO PRIESTHOODS, AND SHEWN THE INFERIORITY OF THE AARONIC PRIESTHOOD TO THAT OF CHRIST AS “A HIGH PRIEST FOR EVER AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHISEDEK,” THE WRITER NOW PROCEEDS TO CONTRA...
ἘΠῚ ΤΟΙ͂Σ ΛΕΓΟΜΈΝΟΙΣ. This is the undoubted reading for which ἐν (A) is a (correct) explanatory gloss. 1. ΚΕΦΆΛΑΙΟΝ ΔῈ Κ.Τ.Λ. Rather than A.V., “_the chief point in what we are saying is this_.” The w...
_CHRIST'S PRIESTHOOD IS PERMANENT-- HEBREWS 8:1-3:_ The pre-eminence of our High Priest is seen in the fact that He, "is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens." (Hebrews 8:...
ΚΕΦΆΛΑΙΟΝ (G2774) принадлежащий главе. Это слово может обозначать итог, так как числа суммировались снизу вверх, и результат записывался вверху столбика. Однако это может обозначать также главную мысл...
E. _He is a priest of a better covenant. Hebrews 8:1-13_. 1. _Officiates in the true tabernacle, of which the earthly was a type. Hebrews 8:1-5_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 8:1-5...
THE PERFECT PRIEST (Hebrews 8:1-5) "This chapter is a continuation of the argument which has been prosecuted in the previous Chapter s respecting the priesthood of Christ. The apostle had demonstrate...
Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; THE SUM, [ kefalaion (G2774)] - 'the p...
11 It would be very difficult for the Hebrews to acknowledge the failure of the Aaronic priesthood. Yet this is distinctly involved in the announcement of a priest after a different order. Had our Lor...
8:1 summary (c-3) Or 'the chief point.' The difference is small; it expresses what it results in, in the writer's mind, as the substance of the things of which we are speaking. 'The things of which we...
THE HIGH PRIEST OF THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY AND THE FULFILMENT OF JEREMIAH'S PROPHECY Christ, as Melchizedek-High-Priest, has a higher ministry than the Levitical priesthood, because He ministers in the...
THE SUM] RV 'the chief point.'...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 8 4 JESUS IS THE BETTER *MEDIATOR 8:1-10:39 A NEW AND BETTER AGREEMENT 8:1-13 THE WORK OF CHRIST IS GREATER THAN THAT OF THE OLD PRIEST...
NOW OF THE THINGS... — Better, _Now in the things which we are saying_ (literally, _which are being said_)_ this is the chief point._ Opinion has been much divided as to the meaning of the first Greek...
CHAPTER VIII. THE NEW COVENANT. "Now in the things which we are saying the chief point is this: We have such a High-priest, Who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,...
κεφάλαιον ἐπὶ τοῖς λεγομένοις, not, as A.V., “Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum” (_cf._ Grotius “post tot dicta haec esto summa”), but with Field “Now to crown our present discour...
The idea of Christ's priesthood, merely suggested in Hebrews 1:3, expressly affirmed in Hebrews 2:17, has been from Hebrews 4:14 onwards enlarged upon and illustrated. It has been shown that Christ is...
THE MEDIATOR OF THE NEW COVENANT Hebrews 8:1 _ Such a High Priest_, Hebrews 8:1. He sits because His work is finished so far as His sacrifice is concerned. His place is at God's right hand-the seat o...
Having established the fact of the superiority of Christ, the argument now proceeds to deal with the superiority of the relationships consequent thereupon. The central verity is set forth in the words...
JESUS' WORK AS OUR HIGH PRIEST Jesus has finished making the only offering necessary and is now seated at the right hand of God in heaven. He is the High Priest in heaven, described here as the sanctu...
Now (1) of the things which we have spoken [this is] the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; (1) He briefly repeats that to whi...
_Of the things spoken [1] the sum is. This word, sum, many expound, as if St. Paul said: I will sum up, and give you an abridgment or recapitulation of what I have said. But St. John Chrysostom and ot...
CONTENTS We have more, and more precious Views of the Lord Jesus in this chapter. Christ the true tabernacle. God's Covenant Love, secured in Christ, by Word and Oath....
(1) Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such a high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; (2) A minister of the sanctuary, and o...
The apostle now resumes his great theme, Christ called a Priest of God for ever after the order of Melchisedec. He alludes, in the beginning of our chapter, to the historical facts of Genesis. We must...
_CHRISTIAN PRIESTHOOD_ ‘The right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens.’ Hebrews 8:1 The soul of man in its transactions with God has to look to heaven. Once it could take its place in...
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 spir...
Chapter 8 in this respect is simple and clear; the last Verses only give room for a few remarks. The sum of the doctrine we have been considering is, that we have a High Priest who is seated on the th...
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 Psalms 110:4 and has been discoursed of...
Κεφάλαιον δὲ ἐπὶ τοῖς λεγομένοις, τοιοῦτον ἔχομεν ἀρχειρέα, ὅς ἐκάθισεν ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ θρόνου τῆς μεγαλωσύνης ἐν τοῖς οὐραςοῖς _._ Κεφάλαιον. Syr., רִישָׁאִ, “caput.” Vulg., “capitulum,” “summa.” Beta,...
Now of the things which we have spoken _this is_ the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; Ver. 1. _Who is set on the right hand_...
HEB. 8:1. NOW OF THE THINGS WHICH WE HAVE SPOKEN (THIS IS) THE SUM: WE HAVE SUCH A HIGH PRIEST, WHO IS SET ON THE RIGHT HAND OF THE THRONE OF THE MAJESTY IN THE HEAVENS; _ Notes on the Bible _ provi...
The apostle having shown that Jesus, as a High-Priest, is superior to all the Levitical high-priests, inasmuch as, like Melchisedec, he is a _King_, as well as a _Priest;_ nay, a more righteous King t...
"Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: we have such an High Priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens: a minister of the sanctuary, and of the...
1-6 The substance, or summary, of what had been declared was, that Christians had such a High Priest as they needed. He took upon himself human nature, appeared on earth, and there gave himself as a...
OLBGrk; HEBREWS CHAPTER 8 HEBREWS 8:1 Christ, our great High Priest in the heavens, hath a more excellent ministry than the priests on earth, HEBREWS 8:6 as he is also the Mediator of a better covenan...
Tertullian On Modesty and in all respects holy,[292]...
Hebrews 8:1 Now G1161 point G2774 of G1909 saying G3004 (G5746) have G2192 (G5719) such G5108 Priest...
Hebrews 8:1. NOW a transitional particle IN REGARD TO (or in) THE THINGS HERE SPOKEN OF (literally being spoken of), THE CHIEF POINT IS THIS: ‘The _sum_ is this' is a possible meaning of the word; but...
IN THE THINGS WHICH WE ARE SAYING (επ τοις λεγομενοις). Locative case of the articular present passive participle of λεγω after επ as in Luke 5:5; Hebrews 11:4, "in the matter of the things being d...
Hebrews 8:1 The True Tabernacle. I. The tabernacle has no fewer than three meanings: (1) In the first place, the tabernacle is a type, a visible illustration, of the heavenly place in which God has H...
Hebrews 8:1 The Great Possession. I. Let us look at the reality of the fact. We _have_such an High Priest. It is not a matter of useless desire or of future hope, but of present accomplished possess...
CONTENTS: Aaronic priests a shadow of Christ who mediates a better covenant. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Moses. CONCLUSION: We have in our Lord Jesus Christ such a High Priest as no other people ever ha...
Hebrews 8:1. _Of the things which we have spoken, this is the sum._ Paul here recapitulates, for so the grandeur of his arguments required, and he does not do it in a dry and barren manner, but with r...
HERE IS THE WHOLE POINT. "This is the climax!" WE HAVE SUCH A HIGH PRIEST. "The High Priest we have been describing, who is without fault, sinless, set apart, and raised above the heavens; this is our...
_We have such an High Priest._ OUR GREAT HIGH PRIEST You can hardly fail to observe the tone of triumph of St. Paul in giving his summary; in announcing it as an established fact, that we have such a...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 8:1 Jesus is the eternal high priest, ministering from heaven in the true tabernacle and enacting the better promises of the new covenant. ⇐...
THE CONTRAST OF THE TWO COVENANTS _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ VIRTUALLY a new topic is dealt with in this chapter. Hitherto the personal characteristics of the high priest have occupied the chief...
EXPOSITION THE HIGH PRIESTHOOD OF CHRIST FULFILS THE SYMBOLISM OF THE AARONIC, AND IS ALONE AN ETERNAL REALITY. Christ's heavenly priesthood, shown above to be of a higher order t
Now of the things which we have spoken this is the essence: We have such a high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heavens; he is a minister of the sanctuary, and of...
1 Chronicles 29:11; Colossians 3:1; Ephesians 6:20; Hebrews 1:13;...
Of the things which we have spoken [ε π ι τ ο ι ς λ ε γ ο μ ε ν ο ι ς]. The A. V. is wrong. jEpi is in the case of, or in the consideration of : not of, nor in addition to. Toiv legomenoiv "the things...
OUR GREAT HIGH PRIEST Hebrews 7:1 _and Hebrews 8:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS Christ was God's Priest after the order of Melchisedec. "The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a Priest for ever after...
We have such an high priest — Having finished his description of the type in Melchisedec, the apostle begins to treat directly of the excellency of Christ's priesthood, beyond the Levitical. Who is se...
Is Jesus our priest or our sacrifice? PROBLEM: Christ is presented here as the “High Priest” of believers (cf. 7:21). However, later Jesus is depicted as the “sacrifice” for our sins (Hebrews 9:26; He...
Observe here, 1. The apostle's preface in which he doth briefly recapitulate the sum and substance of his preceding arguments, NOW OF THE THINGS WHICH WE HAVE SPOKEN, THIS IS THE SUM. Learn hence, Th...