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Hebrews 8:4
For if He were on earth, He should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the Law;
For if He were on earth, He should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the Law;
Verse Hebrews 8:4. _FOR IF HE WERE ON EARTH_] As the Jewish temple was standing when this epistle was written, the whole temple service continued to be performed by the legal priests, descendants of...
FOR IF HE WERE ON EARTH, HE SHOULD NOT BE A PRIEST - He could not perform that office. The design of this is, to show a reason why he was removed to heaven. The reason was, that on earth there were th...
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 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...
THE WAY TO REALITY (Hebrews 8:1-6)...
IF. Greek. _ei_. App-118. EARTH. Greek. _ge_. App-129. SHOULD NOT BE. would not even be. PRIESTS. The texts omit. Read "those who offer". ACCORDING TO. Greek. _kata_. App-104. THE. Omit....
_For if he were_ Rather, "now if He were still on earth." _if he were on earth_ His sanctuary _must_be a heavenly one, for in the earthly one He had no standpoint. _he should not be a priest_ He woul...
ΕἸ ΜῈΝ ΟΥ̓͂Ν ἮΝ. “_Now if He were still on earth_.” ἘΠῚ ΓΗ͂Σ. His sanctuary _must_ be a heavenly one, for in the earthly one He had no standpoint. ΟΥ̓Δʼ ἊΝ ἮΝ ἹΕΡΕΎΣ. He would not even be so much as...
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...
_CHRIST'S PRIESTHOOD IS FROM HEAVEN -- HEBREWS 8:4-5:_ Christ must now conduct His priesthood in heaven. "For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer g...
ΉΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть. Ind. в _conj._ 2 типа, выражающем утверждение, противоречащее факту, ΌΝΤΩΝ _praes. act. part._ (причины.) ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть. _Gen. abs._ ("Так как есть") ΠΡ...
FOR IF HE WERE ON EARTH,— _"But,_ we may observe by the way, that if _he were_ always to continue _on earth, he could not,_ in any consistence with the Jewish institutions, _have been a priest,_ to of...
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...
For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: Christ's priestly office is exercised in heaven, not earth; in the power of...
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...
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 connexion is with Hebrews 8:2. Christ's ministry must be in the heavenly tabernacle, for there is already a priesthood on earth; the office on earth is preoccupied. 'He would not be a priest at al...
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...
FOR IF HE WERE... — The oldest Greek MSS. and two important versions read, “If then He were”; and two other changes in the text of this verse also rest on high authority. In its correct form the verse...
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,...
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...
εἰ μὲν οὖν ἐπὶ γῆς … “And indeed if He were on earth He would not even be a priest, since there are those who according to law offer the gifts”. μὲν οὖν = et quidem (Devarius, p. 125) or, it might be...
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...
(5) For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: (5) He gives a reason why he said that our High Priest is in the heavenly s...
If then he were on earth, he would not be a priest. He speaks of a priest according to the custom of the Jews, where none were priests but of the tribe of Levi, and Jesus Christ was of the tribe of J...
(3) For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. (4) For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, see...
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...
4._For if he were on earth, etc. _It is now beyond dispute that Christ is a high priest; but as the office of a judge does not exist without laws and statutes, so the office of sacrificing must be con...
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...
FOR IF HE WERE ON EARTH, HE SHOULD NOT BE A PRIEST,.... The Socinians from hence attempt to prove that Christ was not a priest, and did not offer sacrifice on earth; whereas his coming into the world,...
Εἰ μὲν γὰρ η῏ν ἐπὶ γῆς, οὐδ᾿ ἅν ἧν ἱερεὺς, ὄντων τῶν ἱερέων τῶν προσφερόντων κατὰ τὸν νόμον τὰ δῶρα. Vulg. Lat., “si esset super terrain;” all others, “in terra,” to the same purpose. Syr., בַּארְעָא,...
For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: Ver. 4. _He should not be a priest_] Because not of the tribe of Levi, whose p...
HEB. 8:3-4. FOR EVERY HIGH PRIEST IS ORDAINED TO OFFER GIFTS AND SACRIFICES: WHEREFORE (IT IS) OF NECESSITY THAT THIS MAN HAVE SOMEWHAT ALSO TO OFFER. FOR IF HE WERE ON EARTH, HE SHOULD NOT BE A PRIES...
_For every high-priest_, &c. As if the apostle had said, And it appears that Christ is a minister, or priest, of the true tabernacle, because he offers sacrifice, which none but the priests might do....
NOT BE A PRIEST; he could not on earth officiate as a priest according to the Jewish law, because he did not belong to the tribe from which alone priests could be taken. He therefore, after having off...
"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...
THERE ARE PRIESTS: Or, they are Priests...
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...
FOR IF HE WERE ON EARTH, HE SHOULD NOT BE A PRIEST: this gives the reason why the Levitical gifts and offerings were inconsistent with Christ's priesthood: for if he were earthly for person or office,...
Hebrews 8:4 For G1063 if G1487 G3303 were G2258 (G5713) on G1909 earth G1093 would G302 not...
Hebrews 8:3-6. FOR a new proof is now given that Christ is in the heavenly sanctuary. There is no priest without sacrificial functions (Hebrews 8:3); and if Christ were here on earth He would not be a...
ON EARTH (επ γης). As opposed to εν τοις ουρανοις (verse Hebrews 8:1). Condition of second class, determined as unfulfilled.HE WOULD NOT BE A PRIEST AT ALL (ουδ' αν ην ιερευς). "Not even would he...
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...
IF HE WERE ON EARTH. Jesus could not possibly offer sacrifices in the earthly temple at Jerusalem [which was standing at the time this was written]. He came from the wrong tribe (Hebrews 7:13-14), and...
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. ⇐...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 8:4 Jesus could not serve in the earthly tabernacle because the law requires that a priest from Levi’s family do this (Hebrews 7:11)....
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...
2 Chronicles 26:18; 2 Chronicles 26:19; Hebrews 11:4; Hebrews 7:11;...
Rend. "Now if he were on earth he would not be a priest at all, seeing that there are those who offer the gifts according to the law." Christ could not be a priest on earth, because there is an order...
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...
But if he were on earth — If his priesthood terminated here. He could not be a priest — At all, consistently with the Jewish institutions. There being other priests — To whom alone this office is allo...