Hebrews 8:7
What meaning of the hebrews 8:7 in the Bible?
What does Hebrews 8:7 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second."
What does Hebrews 8:7 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second."
Verse Hebrews 8:7. _IF THAT FIRST HAD BEEN FAULTLESS_] This is nearly the same argument with that in Hebrews 7:11. The simple meaning is: If the first covenant had made a provision for and actually co...
FOR IF THAT FIRST COVENANT HAD BEEN FAULTLESS - see the note on Hebrews 7:11. It is implied here that God had said that that covenant was not perfect or faultless. The meaning is not that that first c...
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...
THE WAY TO REALITY (Hebrews 8:1-6)...
FAULTLESS. Greek. _amemptos_. See Philippians 2:15. SHOULD. would....
_if that first covenant had been faultless_ Whereas it was as he has said "weak" and "unprofitable" and "earthly" (Hebrews 7:18). The difference between the writer's treatment of the relation between...
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 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...
ΠΡΏΤΗ _fem. от_ ΠΡΏΤΟΣ (G4413) первый; то есть первый завет, ΆΜΕΜΠΤΟΣ (G273) безупречный, безошибочный, ΔΕΎΤΕΡΟΣ (G1208) второй. Общее обсуждение нового завета _см._ в Kaiser, Toward an Old Testamen...
_HEBREWS 8:7_.— Mr. Peirce is of opinion, that what follows, to the end of this chapter, is a digression, or an argument brought in by the apostle incidentally, upon his having said that Christ had ob...
_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 cov...
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...
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. Same reasonings as in Hebrews 7:11. FAULTLESS - perfect in its parts, so as not to be found fa...
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 th...
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 THE SECOND. — Rather, _for a second._ This verse connects itself with the words, “a better covenant” in Hebrews 8:6. The form of expression used clearly points to the intended inference — that cov...
εἰ γὰρ ἡ πρώτη … “For if that first had been faultless, no place would have been sought for a second.” ἡ πρώτη sc. διαθήκη. πρώτη for προτέρα as in Acts 1:1; 1 Corinthians 15:47, and this epistle _pas...
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...
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 NEED FOR A NEW COVENANT If the first covenant had been without fault, there would have been no need for a new one. The fault of the first covenant was that man could not find justification before...
(7) For if that first [covenant] had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. (7) He proves by the testimony of Jeremiah that there is a second Testament or covenant, and...
_For if that first testament had been faultless: if it had not been imperfect, and all those sacrifices and ceremonies insufficient for the justification, salvation, and redemption of mankind, there w...
(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...
7._For if that first, etc. _He confirms what he had said of the excellency of the covenant which God has made with us through Christ; and he confirms it on this ground, because the covenant of the Law...
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 t...
FOR IF THAT FIRST COVENANT HAD BEEN FAULTLESS,.... Not the covenant of works; that was made in paradise, this on Mount Sinai; that was made with Adam and his posterity, this with the Jews only; that h...
Εἰ γὰρ ἡ πρώτη ἐκείνη η῏ν ἄμεμπτος, οὐκ ἄν δευτέρας ἐζητεῖτο τόπος. For if that first [_covenant_] had been blameless, then should no place have been sought for the second. In this verse, and so also...
For if that first _covenant_ had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. Ver. 7. _Had been faultless_] Such as had not been weak and unprofitable, Hebrews 7:18; see the...
HEB. 8:7. FOR IF THAT FIRST (COVENANT) HAD BEEN FAULTLESS, THEN SHOULD NO PLACE HAVE BEEN SOUGHT FOR THE SECOND. An important discussion of this text on the relation between the first and second cov...
_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...
FIRST COVENANT; that at Sinai. THE SECOND; that of the gospel....
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...
This proves the gospel covenant better than the Mosaical, for if it had not, there would have been no second. FOR IF THAT FIRST COVENANT HAD BEEN FAULTLESS: that first covenant, of which Moses was the...
Hebrews 8:7 For G1063 if G1487 that G1565 first G4413 been G2258 (G5713) faultless G273 no G3756 place G5117 would G302 sought G2212 (G5712) second G1208 had - Hebrews 8:6, Hebrews 7:11,...
Hebrews 8:7. FOR ... the better promises implied in what follows are themselves a proof of the inferiority of the old covenant NO PLACE WOULD HAVE BEEN SOUGHT, _i.e_ in the development of the Divine p...
THAT FIRST COVENANT (η πρωτη εκεινη). The word διαθηκη (covenant) is not expressed, but clearly meant by the feminine gender πρωτη.FAULTLESS (αμεμπτος). Old compound adjective for which see Luke...
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 he...
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 h...
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 THERE HAD BEEN. "If the first covenant given on Sinai had been faultless, and sinners could have been put right with God and forgiven by it, a second covenant would never have been introduced!" See...
_If that first covenant had been faultless_ THE IMPERFECTION OF THE FIRST COVENANT Observe here 1. What is charged on the first covenant, and that is faultiness, by which we are not to understand...
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. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getEleme...
_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 than that of Aaron,...
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...
Galatians 3:21; Hebrews 7:11; Hebrews 7:18; Hebrews 8:6...
The statement that a better covenant was enacted upon better promises is justified by the very existence of that second covenant. "If that first covenant had been faultless, there would no place 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...
For if the first had been faultless — If that dispensation had answered all God's designs and man's wants, if it had not been weak and unprofitable unable to make anything perfect, no place would have...
Observe here, 1. What is charged on the first covenant, and that is faultiness: By which we are not to understand any sinful faultiness, but defectiveness and imperfection only: For it was not faulty...