And now he hath obtained a more excellent ministry — His priesthood as much excels theirs, as the promises of the gospel (whereof he is a surety) excels those of the law. These better promises are specified, Hebrews 8:10: those in the law were mostly temporal promises.
Verse Hebrews 8:6. _NOW HATH HE OBTAINED A MORE EXCELLENT MINISTRY_] His office of priesthood is more excellent than the Levitical, because the covenant is better, and established on better promises:...
BUT NOW HATH HE OBTAINED - That is, Christ. A MORE EXCELLENT MINISTRY - A service of a higher order, or of a more exalted nature. It was the real and substantial service of which the other was but the...
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...
MORE EXCELLENT. See Hebrews 1:4. MINISTRY. Greek. _leitourgia._ App-190. ALSO. Read after "covenant". MEDIATOR. Greek. _mesites._ See Galatians 1:3; Galatians 1:19. covenant
_But now_ i.e. but, as it is. _a more excellent ministry, by how much also_ Rather, "a ministry more excellent in proportion as He is also." This proportional method of stating results runs throughout...
ΤΈΤΥΧΕΝ אADKL. The rec. has τέτευχε with B. Some MSS. have the correct Attic τετύχηκε. 6. ΝΥΝῚ ΔΈ, i.e. _but as it is_. ΤΈΤΥΧΕΝ. This form is often found in ancient grammarians. See Veitch, _Greek V...
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 AND THE NEW COVENANT -- HEBREWS 8:6-8:_ The writer here offers more proof that Christ's priesthood is better. His priesthood is better because the new covenant is better. The New...
ΝΥΝΊ (G3570) теперь. Частица имеет скорее логическое значение, чем _temp._, но временной фактор неизбежно связан с темой (Hughes), ΔΙΑΦΟΡΩΤΈΡΑΣ _сотр. от_ ΔΙΆΦΟΡΟΣ (G1313) различный, отличный, _сотр....
DISCOURSE: 2300 CHRIST THE MEDIATOR OF THE NEW COVENANT Hebrews 8:6. _Now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established u...
BUT NOW HATH HE OBTAINED A MORE EXCELLENT MINISTRY,— This _now_ seems to depend on Hebrews 8:1. Now that he is _set on the right hand of the throne,_ &c. The _more excellent ministry_ is that which is...
_He is a Mediator of a new covenant. Hebrews 8:6-13_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 8:6-13 Hebrews 8:6 But now hath He obtained a ministry the more excellent, by so much as He is also the Mediator of a better cove
THE TWO COVENANTS (Hebrews 8:6-9) In the 7th chapter the apostle has demonstrated by irrefutable logic and upon the authority of Holy Scripture that the priesthood of Christ has superceded the Aaroni...
But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. NOW - not time; 'as it is.' MORE EXCELLE...
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...
8:6 ministry, (i-9) _ Leitourgia_ . see ver. 2. which (k-21) _ Hostis_ . as Matthew 7:24 , 'which is such as.' established (l-23) That is, formally established as by a law....
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...
NOW] is logical, not temporal, and means,' this being so.' BETTER PROMISES] see Hebrews 8:10. 8-12. The promise is taken from Jeremiah 31:31....
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...
BUT NOW. — That is, as the case really is. (See Hebrews 8:3.) We have here another of those proportional statements commented on in Hebrews 1:4; Hebrews 3:3; Hebre
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,...
νυνὶ δὲ … “But, as it is, He hath obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much He is also mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted upon better promises.” νυνὶ δὲ, _i.e._, He not being...
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...
(6) But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. (6) He enters into the comparison of the...
_But now Christ, the Messias, being come, hath ordained a more excellent ministry and priesthood, being the great Mediator betwixt God and man of a better and more excellent testament, accompanied wit...
(5) Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pa...
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...
6._But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, etc. _As he had before inferred the excellency of the covenant from the dignity of the priesthood, so also now he maintains that Christ’s priestho...
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...
BUT NOW HATH HE OBTAINED A MORE EXCELLENT MINISTRY,.... Christ has a ministry, he is the minister of the sanctuary, Hebrews 8:2 he has "obtained" this ministry of his Father; he was called unto it and...
Νυνὶ δὲ διαφορωτέρας τέτευχε λειτουργίας, ὅσῳ καὶ κρείττονός ἐστι διαθήκης μεσίτης, ἥτις ἐπὶ κρείττοσιν ἐπαγγελίαις νενομοθέτηται. [4] [4] EXPOSITION. Turner remarks that νυνί, _now,_ is not here so m...
But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. Ver. 6. _Of a better covenant_] Or rather tes...
HEB. 8:6. BUT NOW HATH HE OBTAINED A MORE EXCELLENT MINISTRY, BY HOW MUCH ALSO HE IS THE MEDIATOR OF A BETTER COVENANT, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED UPON BETTER PROMISES. In response to Edwards' _Qualificat...
_But now_, &c. In this verse begins the second part of the chapter concerning the difference between the two covenants, the old and the new, with the pre-eminence of the latter to the former, and of t...
HE; Christ. A MORE EXCELLENT MINISTRY; than the Jewish priests. BETTER COVENANT; than that formed with Israel at Sinai. BETTER PROMISES; securing greater blessings. As the gospel dispensation is th...
CHRIST'S ETERNAL PRIESTHOOD HAS SUPERSEDED THE TEMPORARY PRIESTHOOD OF AARON. The more excellent ministry of Christ:...
BUT NOW HATH HE OBTAINED A MORE EXCELLENT MINISTRY. Beginning with chapter 5 the inspired writer has treated of Christ's office of High Priest. He has shown the superiority of Christ, both as to His p...
The proof that Christ's ministry has fully replaced that of the Levitical priesthood:...
"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...
COVENANT: Or, Testament...
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; BUT NOW HATH HE OBTAINED A MORE EXCELLENT MINISTRY: _but_ is here adversative, setting this High Priest over against and above the Aaronical, on the account both of his ministry and covenant,...
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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...
BUT NOW (νυν δε). Logical use of νυν, as the case now stands, with Jesus as high priest in heaven.HATH HE OBTAINED (τετυχεν). Perfect active indicative of τυγχανω with the genitive, a rare and la...
Hebrews 8:1 , HEBREWS 8:6; HEBREWS 8:10 The New Covenant Its Promises. I. Pardon is the last named of the promises, but it is the first bestowed. The terms of the promise indicate two things respecti...
Hebrews 8:6 The Blessings of the New Covenant. I. The blessings of the New Covenant are all based upon the forgiveness of sin. God promises to put His laws into our minds, and write them upon our hea...
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...
JESUS HAS BEEN GIVEN. The Jews thought the earthly service of their priests was perfect. But Christ has been given work which is much greater than theirs!!! JUST AS. The Jews were proud of the covenan...
_Mediator of a better covenant._ THE COVENANT OF GRACE OPENED AND EXPLAINED I. THE GOSPEL-DISPENSATION UNDER WHICH WE LIVE IS PROPERLY A COVENANT. 1. What we are to understand by a covenant in gene...
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 8:6 The BETTER PROMISES of the new covenant are cited in vv. Hebrews 8:8....
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 Corinthians 3:6; 2 Peter 1:4; Galatians 3:16; Galatians 3:19;...
But now [ν υ ν δ ε]. Nunis logical : as the case now stands. The statement of ver. 4 is taken up. "If he were on earth he could not be a priest," etc., but now, since Christ is a priest, and must have...
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...
Our apostle, in these words, proves the excellency of Christ's ministry of priesthood above that of Aaron and his sons, from the excellency of the new covenant (or the new dispensation of the covenant...