God has made the first one old. "By promising a new covenant, God made the first covenant obsolete and showed that the whole Age of Moses would be terminated and superseded. In actual fact, the Age of Moses terminated at the Cross (see Colossians 2:14 and note). But the Jewish priests continued their service in the temple until Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 A.D. See notes on Matthew 24:29-31.
Verse Hebrews 8:13. _HE HATH MADE THE FIRST OLD._] That is: He has considered it as _antiquated_, and as being no longer of any force. _THAT WHICH DECAYETH AND WAXETH OLD_] Here is an allusion to th...
IN THAT HE SAITH, A NEW COVENANT, HE HATH MADE THE FIRST OLD - That is, the use of the word “new” implies that the one which it was to supersede was “old.” New and old stand in contradistinction from...
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...
The promises associated with the old covenant are described in the classical passage of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 31:31), which is now quoted at length. But attention is first called to the fact that another...
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 a...
THE WAY TO REALITY (Hebrews 8:1-6)...
MADE... OLD. Greek. _palaioo._ See Hebrews 1:11. DECAYETH. Same as "made old". WAXETH OLD. Greek. _gerasko._ Only here and John 21:18. READY. near. VANISH AWAY. vanishing. Greek. _aphanismos._ Only...
_he hath made the first old_ The very expression, "a New Covenant," used in the disparaging connexion in which it stands, superannuates the former covenant, and stamps it as _antiquated_. The verse is...
Threefold superiority of the New to the Old Covenant, as prophesied by Jeremiah; being a proof that the "promises" of the New Covenant are "better...
ΠΕΠΑΛΑΊΩΚΕΝ. “_He hath rendered obsolete_.” The very expression, “a New Covenant,” used in the disparaging connexion in which it stands, superannuates the former covenant, and stamps it as _antiquated...
THREEFOLD SUPERIORITY OF THE NEW TO THE OLD COVENANT, AS PROPHESIED BY JEREMIAH; BEING A PROOF THAT THE “PROMISES” OF THE NEW COVENANT ARE “BETTER.”...
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...
_CHRIST'S PRIESTHOOD AND COVENANT EXCELLED THE OLD -- HEBREWS 8:9-13:_ This new arrangement is different from that which was made with Israel when God brought them out of Egypt. It includes everyone a...
ΠΕΠΑΛΑΊΩΚΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΠΑΛΑΙΌΩ (G3822) относиться как к ветхому и старому; _pass._ становиться старым и ветхим. В папирусах это слово используется для обозначения храма и стены, которые обве...
HE HATH MADE THE FIRST OLD.— St. Paul in another place calls the Jewish ceremonial law _weak and beggarly elements;_ and, ch. Hebrews 7:18 of this epistle, he says, _There is a disannulling of that co...
_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 8:10-13) The subject of the two covenants supplies the principal key which unlocks for us the meaning of God’s dispensational dealings with His people here on earth. Its im...
In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away. HE - God. MADE THE FIRST OLD (at the time of speaking the prophecy) -...
8 Few phrases are so unfortunately confusing as "the New Testament". The Greek word for "testament" and its Hebrew equivalent never carry the ordinary meaning of a will, or legal instrument for the di...
8:13 New, (b-5) _ Kainos_ . see ch. 12.24....
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...
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...
IN THAT HE SAITH... — Rather, _In saying “new” He hath made the first old: now that which groweth old and is failing for age is nigh unto vanishing away._ The very language of the prophet contains a d...
ἐν τῷ λέγειν Καινήν. “In saying ‘New,' He hath antiquated the first; and that which is antiquated and growing old is near extinction [lit. disappearance].” That is to say, by speaking in the passage q...
A justification of the establishment of a better covenant, on the grounds (1) that the first covenant was not faultless; (2) that Jeremiah had predicted the introduction of a new covenant (_a_) not li...
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...
THE BETTER QUALITIES OF THE NEW COVENANT While continuing to refer to the quotation from Jeremiah, the author shows the better qualities of the new covenant. For instance, the law of Moses was written...
(8) In that he saith, A new [covenant], he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old [is] ready to vanish away. (8) The conclusion: Therefore by the later and the new, the first...
In calling this testament a new one, he hath made the former old. This is to put the Hebrews in mind that the former law, as to its ceremonies and sacrifices, is now to be laid aside, and the new law...
REFLECTIONS READER! is this indeed the sum and substance of what God the Holy Ghost hath been blessing the Church with, in such gracious teachings concerning the Lord Jesus; that He is gone into heave...
(7) For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. (8) For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will m...
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...
13._In that he saith, A new, etc. _From the fact of one covenant being established, he infers the subversion of the other; and by calling it the old covenant, he assumes that it was to be abrogated; f...
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...
IN THAT HE SAITH A NEW COVENANT,.... In the above prophecy, Hebrews 8:8 HE HATH MADE THE FIRST OLD; this naturally follows from hence; if the second is new, the first must be old; which is called so,...
᾿Εν τῷ λέγειν, Καινήν, πεπαλαίωκε τὴν πρώτην· τὸ δὲ παλαιούμενον καὶ γηράσκον ἐγγὺς ἀφανισμοῦ. Having in the foregoing verses proved in general the insufficiency of the old covenant, the necessity of...
In that he saith, A new _covenant_, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old _is_ ready to vanish away. Ver. 13. _He hath made the first old_] He hath antiquated and abolish...
Heb. 8:10-13 Hebrews 8:10-13. For this (is) the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts:...
_In that he saith, A new covenant_ In that he expresses himself in this manner; _he hath made the first old_ He hath manifested it to be old, or he hath shown that it is disannulled and out of date. _...
MADE THE FIRST OLD; declared it to be old, and as such approaching its end, as the writer immediately proceeds to show. Momentous truth is often conveyed in the Bible by a single word, a change of whi...
IN THAT HE SAITH, A NEW COVENANT, HE HATH MADE THE FIRST OLD. NOW THAT WHICH DECAYETH AND WAXETH OLD IS READY TO VANISH AWAY. The truth that we have a more excellent High Priest is established not onl...
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...
7-13 The superior excellence of the priesthood of Christ, above that of Aaron, is shown from that covenant of grace, of which Christ was Mediator. The law not only made all subject to it, liable to b...
IN THAT HE SAITH, A NEW COVENANT, HE HATH MADE THE FIRST OLD: the inference from what was before said, HEBREWS 8:8, (in the Lord's saying this by the prophet Jeremiah, that he would make a new covenan...
Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes from day to day, while the other grows old and infirm, and passes almost into utter destruction.[112] Lactantius Divine Institutes Book IV...
Hebrews 8:13 In G1722 says G3004 (G5721) new G2537 made G3822 first G4413 obsolete G3822 (G5758) Now...
IN THAT HE SAITH (εν τω λεγειν). Locative case of the articular present active infinitive of λεγω, "in the saying as to him."HE HATH MADE THE FIRST OLD (πεπαλαιωκεν την πρωτην). Perfect active in...
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...
Hebrews 8:7. For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I w...
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...
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. ⇐...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 8:7. FAULTLESS.—Not merely “free from defect,” but “incomplete,” unable fully to meet man’s case. The old system was complete enough for its limited sphere and...
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 Corinthians 13:8; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Hebrews 7:11; Hebrews 7:12;...
In that he saith a new covenant [ε ν τ ω λ ε γ ε ι ν κ α ι ν η ν]. Lit. "in his saying new." He hath made the first old [π ε π α λ α ι ω κ ε ν τ η ν π ρ ω τ η ν]. Palaioun to make old, only in Hebrew...
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...
In saying, A new covenant, he hath antiquated the first — Hath shown that it is disannulled, and out of date. Now that which is antiquated is ready to vanish away — As it did quickly after, when the t...
The apostle having, in the foregoing verses, proved the insufficiency of the old covenant, and the necessity of the new, and given the preference to the latter above the former; in this last verse he...