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8:10 “For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and I will inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people.
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 · Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel


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Robertson: Heb 8:10 - -- This ( hautē ). The "new"one of Heb 8:8.

This ( hautē ).

The "new"one of Heb 8:8.

Robertson: Heb 8:10 - -- That I will make ( hēn diathēsomai ). Future middle of diatithēmi , "that I will covenant,"cognate accusative (hēn ), using the same root in...

That I will make ( hēn diathēsomai ).

Future middle of diatithēmi , "that I will covenant,"cognate accusative (hēn ), using the same root in the verb as in diathēkē .

Robertson: Heb 8:10 - -- I will put ( didous ). "Giving,"present active participle of didōmi , to give.

I will put ( didous ).

"Giving,"present active participle of didōmi , to give.

Robertson: Heb 8:10 - -- Into their mind ( eis tēn dianoian autōn ). Their intellect, their moral understanding, all the intellect as in Aristotle (Col 1:21; Eph 4:18).

Into their mind ( eis tēn dianoian autōn ).

Their intellect, their moral understanding, all the intellect as in Aristotle (Col 1:21; Eph 4:18).

Robertson: Heb 8:10 - -- On their heart ( epi kardias autōn ). Either genitive singular or accusative plural. Kardia is the seat of man’ s personal life (Westcott), ...

On their heart ( epi kardias autōn ).

Either genitive singular or accusative plural. Kardia is the seat of man’ s personal life (Westcott), the two terms covering the whole of man’ s inward nature.

Robertson: Heb 8:10 - -- A god ( eis theon ). Note the Hebraistic use of eis in the predicate instead of the usual nominative theos as in "a people"(eis laon ). This was...

A god ( eis theon ).

Note the Hebraistic use of eis in the predicate instead of the usual nominative theos as in "a people"(eis laon ). This was the ideal of the old covenant (Exo 6:7), now at last to be a fact.

Vincent: Heb 8:10 - -- The covenant which I will make ( ἡ διαθήκη ἣν δοαθήσομαι ) The noun and the verb are cognate - the arrangement ...

The covenant which I will make ( ἡ διαθήκη ἣν δοαθήσομαι )

The noun and the verb are cognate - the arrangement which I will arrange . A covenant (διαθήκη ) is something arranged (διατίθεσθαι ) between two parties. See the same combination, Act 3:25.

Vincent: Heb 8:10 - -- I will put my laws ( διδοὺς νόμους μου ) Lit. giving my laws: const. with I will make: " the covenant which I will...

I will put my laws ( διδοὺς νόμους μου )

Lit. giving my laws: const. with I will make: " the covenant which I will make by giving my laws."

Vincent: Heb 8:10 - -- Mind ( διάνοιαν ) The moral understanding. See on Mar 12:30; see on Luk 1:51. Hearts , καρδίας , see on Rom 1:21; see on Rom ...

Mind ( διάνοιαν )

The moral understanding. See on Mar 12:30; see on Luk 1:51. Hearts , καρδίας , see on Rom 1:21; see on Rom 10:10.

Vincent: Heb 8:10 - -- A God - a people ( εἰς θεόν - εἰς λαόν ) Lit. unto a God, etc. A Hebraistic form of expression, εἰς signifying the...

A God - a people ( εἰς θεόν - εἰς λαόν )

Lit. unto a God, etc. A Hebraistic form of expression, εἰς signifying the destination of the substantive verb. The sense is, I will be to them to serve as a God; or my being as related to them will amount to my being a God to them. Comp. Mat 19:5; 2Co 6:18; Heb 1:5.

Wesley: Heb 8:10 - -- After the Mosaic dispensation is abolished.

After the Mosaic dispensation is abolished.

Wesley: Heb 8:10 - -- I will open their eyes, and enlighten their understanding, to see the true, full, spiritual meaning thereof.

I will open their eyes, and enlighten their understanding, to see the true, full, spiritual meaning thereof.

Wesley: Heb 8:10 - -- So that they shall inwardly experience whatever I have commanded.

So that they shall inwardly experience whatever I have commanded.

Wesley: Heb 8:10 - -- Their all - sufficient portion, and exceeding great reward.

Their all - sufficient portion, and exceeding great reward.

Wesley: Heb 8:10 - -- My treasure, my beloved, loving, and obedient children.

My treasure, my beloved, loving, and obedient children.

JFB: Heb 8:10 - -- Greek, "make unto."

Greek, "make unto."

JFB: Heb 8:10 - -- Comprising the before disunited (Heb 8:8) ten tribes' kingdom, and that of Judah. They are united in the spiritual Israel, the elect Church, now: they...

Comprising the before disunited (Heb 8:8) ten tribes' kingdom, and that of Judah. They are united in the spiritual Israel, the elect Church, now: they shall be so in the literal restored kingdom of Israel to come.

JFB: Heb 8:10 - -- Literally, "(I) giving." This is the first of the "better promises" (Heb 8:6).

Literally, "(I) giving." This is the first of the "better promises" (Heb 8:6).

JFB: Heb 8:10 - -- Their intelligent faculty.

Their intelligent faculty.

JFB: Heb 8:10 - -- Rather, " ON their hearts." Not on tables of stone as the law (2Co 3:3).

Rather, " ON their hearts." Not on tables of stone as the law (2Co 3:3).

JFB: Heb 8:10 - -- Greek, "inscribe."

Greek, "inscribe."

JFB: Heb 8:10 - -- Fulfilled first in the outward kingdom of God. Next, in the inward Gospel kingdom. Thirdly, in the kingdom at once outward and inward, the spiritual b...

Fulfilled first in the outward kingdom of God. Next, in the inward Gospel kingdom. Thirdly, in the kingdom at once outward and inward, the spiritual being manifested outwardly (Rev 21:3). Compare a similar progression as to the priesthood (1) Exo 19:6; (2) 1Pe 2:5; (3) Isa 61:6; Rev 1:6. This progressive advance of the significance of the Old Testament institutions, &c., says THOLUCK, shows the transparency and prophetic character which runs throughout the whole.

Clarke: Heb 8:10 - -- This is the covenant - This is the nature of that glorious system of religion which I shall publish among them after those days, i.e., in the times ...

This is the covenant - This is the nature of that glorious system of religion which I shall publish among them after those days, i.e., in the times of the Gospel

Clarke: Heb 8:10 - -- I will put my laws into their mind - I will influence them with the principles of law, truth, holiness, etc.; and their understandings shall he full...

I will put my laws into their mind - I will influence them with the principles of law, truth, holiness, etc.; and their understandings shall he fully enlightened to comprehend them

Clarke: Heb 8:10 - -- And write them in their hearts - All their affections, passions, and appetites, shall be purified and filled with holiness and love to God and man; ...

And write them in their hearts - All their affections, passions, and appetites, shall be purified and filled with holiness and love to God and man; so that they shall willingly obey, and feel that love is the fulfilling of the law: instead of being written on tables of stone, they shall be written on the fleshly tables of their hearts

Clarke: Heb 8:10 - -- I will be to them a God - These are the two grand conditions by which the parties in this covenant or agreement are bound 1.    I wil...

I will be to them a God - These are the two grand conditions by which the parties in this covenant or agreement are bound

1.    I will be your God

2.    Ye shall be my people

As the object of religious adoration to any man is that Being from whom he expects light, direction, defense, support, and happiness: so God, promising to be their God, promises in effect to give them all these great and good things. To be God’ s people implies that they should give God their whole hearts, serve him with all their light and strength, and have no other object of worship or dependence but himself. Any of these conditions broken, the covenant is rendered null and void, and the other party absolved from his engagement.

Calvin: Heb 8:10 - -- 10.=== For this is the covenant that I will make, === etc. There are two main parts in this covenant; the first regards the gratuitous remission of ...

10.=== For this is the covenant that I will make, === etc. There are two main parts in this covenant; the first regards the gratuitous remission of sins; and the other, the inward renovation of the heart; there is a third which depends on the second, and that is the illumination of the mind as to the knowledge of God. There are here many things most deserving of notice.

The first is, that God calls us to himself without effect as long as he speaks to us in no other way than by the voice of man. He indeed teaches us and commands what is right but he speaks to the deaf; for when we seem to hear anything, our ears are only struck by an empty sound; and the heart, full of depravity and perverseness, rejects every wholesome doctrine. In short, the word of God never penetrates into our hearts, for they are iron and stone until they are softened by him; nay, they have engraven on them a contrary law, for perverse passions rule within, which lead us to rebellion. In vain then does God proclaim his Law by the voice of man, unless he writes it by his Spirit on our hearts, that is, unless he forms and prepares us for obedience. It hence appears of what avail is freewill and the uprightness of nature before God regenerates us. We will indeed and choose freely; but our will is carried away by a sort of insane impulse to resist God. Thus it comes that the Law is ruinous and fatal to us as long as it remains written only on tables of stone, as Paul also teaches us. (2Co 3:3.) In short, we then only obediently embrace what God commands, when by his Spirit he changes and corrects the natural pravity of our hearts; otherwise he finds nothing in us but corrupt affections and a heart wholly given up to evil. The declaration indeed is clear, that a new covenant is made according to which God engraves his laws on our hearts, for otherwise it would be in vain and of no effect. 134

The second particular refers to the gratuitous pardon of sins. Though they have sinned, saith the Lord, yet I will pardon them. This part is also most necessary; for God never so forms us for obedience to his righteousness, but that many corrupt affections of the flesh still remain; nay, it is only in part that the viciousness of our nature is corrected; so that evil lusts break out now and then. And hence is that contest of which Paul complains, when the godly do not obey God as they ought, but in various ways offend. (Rom 7:13.) Whatever desire then there may be in us to live righteously, we are still guilty of eternal death before God, because our life is ever very far from the perfection which the Law requires. There would then be no stability in the covenant, except God gratuitously forgave our sins. But it is the peculiar privilege of the faithful who have once embraced the covenant offered to them in Christ, that they feel assured that God is propitious to them; nor is the sin to which they are liable, a hindrance to them, for they have the promise of pardon.

And it must be observed that this pardon is promised to them, not for one day only, but to the very end of life, so that they have a daily reconciliation with God. For this favor is extended to the whole of Christ’s kingdom, as Paul abundantly proves in the fifth chapter of his second Epistle to the Corinthians. And doubtless this is the only true asylum of our faith, to which if we flee not, constant despair must be our lot. For we are all of us guilty; nor can we be otherwise released then by fleeing to God’s mercy, which alone can pardon us.

===And they shall be to me, === etc. It is the fruit of the covenant, that God chooses us for his people, and assures us that he will be the guardian of our salvation. This is indeed the meaning of these words, And I will be to them a God; for he is not the God of the dead, nor does he take us under his protection, but that he may make us partakers of righteousness and of life, so that David justly exclaims, “Blessed are the people to whom the Lord is God (Psa 144:15.) There is further no doubt but that this truth belongs also to us; for though the Israelites had the first place, and are the proper and legitimate heirs of the covenant, yet their prerogative does not hinder us from having also a title to it. In short, however far and wide the kingdom of Christ extends, this covenant of salvation is of the same extent.

But it may be asked, whether there was under the Law a sure and certain promise of salvation, whether the fathers had the gift of the Spirit, whether they enjoyed God’s paternal favor through the remission of sins? Yes, it is evident that they worshipped God with a sincere heart and a pure conscience, and that they walked in his commandments, and this could not have been the case except they had been inwardly taught by the Spirit; and it is also evident, that whenever they thought of their sins, they were raised up by the assurance of a gratuitous pardon. And yet the Apostle, by referring the prophecy of Jeremiah to the coming of Christ, seems to rob them of these blessings. To this I reply, that he does not expressly deny that God formerly wrote his Law on their hearts and pardoned their sins, but he makes a comparison between the less and the greater. As then the Father has put forth more fully the power of his Spirit under the kingdom of Christ, and has poured forth more abundantly his mercy on mankind, this exuberance renders insignificant the small portion of grace which he had been pleased to bestow on the fathers. We also see that the promises were then obscure and intricate, so that they shone only like the moon and stars in comparison with the clear light of the Gospel which shines brightly on us.

If it be objected and said, that the faith and obedience of Abraham so excelled, that hardly any such an example can at this day be found in the whole world; my answer is this, that the question here is not about persons, but that reference is made to the economical condition of the Church. Besides, whatever spiritual gifts the fathers obtained, they were accidental as it were to their age; for it was necessary for them to direct their eyes to Christ in order to become possessed of them. Hence it was not without reason that the Apostle, in comparing the Gospel with the Law, took away from the latter what is peculiar to the former. There is yet no reason why God should not have extended the grace of the new covenant to the fathers. This is the true solution of the question.

TSK: Heb 8:10 - -- this is : Heb 10:16, Heb 10:17 I will put : Gr. I will give, Exo 24:4, Exo 24:7, Exo 34:1, Exo 34:27; Deu 30:6; Jer 31:33, Jer 32:40; Eze 11:19, Eze 3...

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Barnes: Heb 8:10 - -- For this is the covenant - This is the arrangement, or the dispensation which shall succeed the old one. "With the house of Israel."With the tr...

For this is the covenant - This is the arrangement, or the dispensation which shall succeed the old one. "With the house of Israel."With the true Israel; that is, with all those whom he will regard and treat as his friends.

After those days - This may either mean, "after those days I will put my laws in their hearts,"or, "I will make this covenant with them after those days."This difference is merely in the punctuation, and the sense is not materially affected. It seems, to me, however, that the meaning of the Hebrew in Jeremiah is, "in those after days"(compare notes on Isa 2:1)\}.

I will put my laws into their mind - that is, in that subsequent period, called in Scripture "the after times,""the last days,""the ages to come,"meaning the last dispensation of the world. Thus interpreted, the sense is, that this would be done in the times of the Messiah. "I will put my laws into their mind."Margin, "Give."The word "give"in Hebrew is often used in the sense of "put."The meaning here is, that they would not be mere external observances, but would affect the conscience and the heart. The laws of the Hebrews pertained mainly to external rites and ceremonies; the laws of the new dispensation would relate particularly to the inner man, and be designed to control the heart. The grand uniqueness of the Christian system is, that it regulates the conscience and the principles of the soul rather than external matters. It prescribes few external rites, and those are exceedingly simple, and are merely the proper expressions of the pious feelings supposed to be in the heart; and all attempts either to increase the number of these rites, or to make them imposing by their gorgeousness, have done just so much to mar the simplicity of the gospel, and to corrupt religion.

And write them in their hearts - Margin, "Upon."Not on fables of stone or brass, but on the soul itself. That is, the obedience rendered will not be external. The law of the new system will have living power, and bind the faculties of the soul to obedience. The commandment there will be written in more lasting characters than if engraved on fables of stone.

And I will be to them a God - This is quoted literally from the Hebrew. The meaning is, that he would sustain to them the appropriate relation of a God; or, if the expression may be allowed, he would be to them what a God should be, or what it is desirable that people should find in a God. We speak of a father’ s acting in a manner appropriate to the character of a father; and the meaning here is, that he would be to his people all that is properly implied in the name of God. He would be their Lawgiver, their counsellor, their protector, their Redeemer, their guide. He would provide for their wants, defend them in danger, pardon their sins, comfort them in trials, and save their souls. He would be a faithful friend, and would never leave them nor forsake them. It is one of the inestimable privileges of his people that Jehovah is their God. The living and ever-blessed Being who made the heavens sustains to them the relation of a Protector and a Friend, and they may look up to heaven feeling that he is all which they could desire in the character of a God.

And they shall be to me a people - This is not merely stated as a "fact,"but as a "privilege."It is an inestimable blessing to be regarded as one of the people of God, and to feel that we belong to him - that we are associated with those whom he loves, and whom he treats as his friends.

Poole: Heb 8:10 - -- For this is the covenant that I will make : for, showeth it should not be such a covenant-form as was given on Mount Sinai, it being wholly differe...

For this is the covenant that I will make : for, showeth it should not be such a covenant-form as was given on Mount Sinai, it being wholly different, and that denied before, being carnal and ceremonious, full of types and shadows, and through their sin ineffectual to them. This is the firm administration of the covenant which I will strike. To which three words answer is in this scripture, I will perfect, make, and dispose; which last is the root from whence the notion of a covenant in the Greek is derived, diayhsomai .

With the house of Israel: Israel is the comprehensive name of all the twelve tribes, as Heb 8:8 ; compare Exo 16:31 40:38 ; and is so used by the Lord himself Mat 10:6 , and by Peter, Act 2:36 .

After those days in the prophet it is, after those days of their delivery from Babylon, Jer 31:1,8,11,16,21 , but especially when those days of the first administration of the covenant are accomplished, when the fulness of time for the Messiah’ s revelation is come, Gal 4:4 . To this God again puts his seal, he saith it.

I will put my laws into their mind the great God, the Redeemer himself the infinitely wise, and good, and powerful Spirit, who only can reach the soul, will make impressions, and write clear characters of Divine truth on it, 2Co 3:3 . None can alter, new mould, frame, and temper a spirit, but him, who hath a true original right of all the good he promiseth, which he will freely, graciously dispense from himself, Joh 4:10,14 . All the doctrines of the gospel, which include in them the moral law, as now managed by Christ, all the will of God concerning our salvation, promises, and commands; and these in their spirit and power, which God not only ratified in, but conveyed to the world by, Jesus Christ, and especially into the mind. dianoian renders the Hebrew Mbrqb the inward parts, in the prophet’ s text. The mind or understanding being the innermost part of the soul, is capable of receiving impresses of Divine truth, and its characters are by it made legible to the soul; which as promised here, is so prayed for by the apostle, Eph 1:17,18 .

And write them in their hearts: epigraqw is a metaphor setting out a real, actual, powerful work of the Spirit of Christ, which leaveth the express characters of all God’ s saving mind and will upon the heart or soul as plain as writing upon paper, or engraving upon stones; such an operation of the Spirit of Christ on the souls of them, as whereby is conveyed into them a new light, life, power, so that they are made by it partakers of a Divine nature; and though they are not other faculties, yet they are quite other things than they were for qualities and operations, so as they are enabled to know, observe, and keep his laws, which are set up in authority and dominion in their souls, ruling and ordering all there, Eze 11:19,20 36:26,27 2Co 3:3,8,9,10,18 .

And I will be to them a God: as in the former word was the promise of conversion, regeneration, and renovation, so joined with it is the promise of adoption. In which God engageth in Christ to be to penitent believers, Rom 9:6,8 , a God, i.e. the cause and author of all good, Gen 15:1-21,17:1,7 ; what he is, hath, or can do for them of good, is all theirs, and himself terminating all the knowledge, faith, and worship of them. He will exercise all his wisdom, power, and goodness to deliver them from all evil, and to make them eternally happy and blessed in himself.

And they shall be to me a people and to him this true Israel shall be a true, spiritual, eternal, adopted seed and people, partakers of all that he hath promised to them or they can desire of him; so as their name is better than the name of sons or daughters, an everlasting one, not to be cut off, Isa 56:5 . They, as his people, attend on, witness to, and contend for, him and his glory, are always at his beck, being purchased, made, and covenanted so for his use and service, that they are not their own, but wholly at his disposal, Jer 23:7 32:20 Eze 11:20 37:23,27 Zec 8:8 2Co 6:16 .

Haydock: Heb 8:10 - -- For this is the testament which I will make with the house of Israel, and with all nations, as I promised to Abraham, I will give (literally, by gi...

For this is the testament which I will make with the house of Israel, and with all nations, as I promised to Abraham, I will give (literally, by giving) my laws into their mind, and I will write this new law, not as the former, in tables of stone, but in their hearts, and to them I will be a merciful God, and they shall be my elect people. (Witham) ---

The Jews were like slaves, and God ruled them as a master; Christians are his children, and God rules them as a father: and so great is the efficacy of this divine teacher, that by means of a short and easy catechism, children are now taught to know God more perfectly than the first sages of antiquity by their abstruse and erudite disquisitions. We moreover observe under the new law the grace and spirit of love, engrafted in the hearts of the faithful by the Holy Ghost working in the sacraments and sacrifice of the new law to that effect....This covenant was made at the last supper, and ratified the next day by the death of the Testator on the cross, when he exclaimed, "consummatum est," all is consummated. [John xix. 30.]

Gill: Heb 8:10 - -- For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel,.... That is, this is the sum and substance of the covenant, which God promised to ...

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel,.... That is, this is the sum and substance of the covenant, which God promised to make with, or to make manifest and known to his chosen people, the true Israelites, under the Gospel dispensation; or the following are the several articles of that covenant, he proposed to consummate or finish, as before:

after those days, saith the Lord; after the times of the Old Testament, when the Messiah shall be come, and the Gospel day shall take place. So the Jews i apply these days, when they represent the Israelites saying to Moses, O that he (God) would reveal (himself or will) to us a second time! O that he would kiss us with the kisses of his mouth, and that the doctrine of the law was fixed in our hearts; when he (Moses) said to them, this is not to be done now, but לעתיד לבא, in the time to come, (i.e. in the times of the Messiah,) as it is said, Jer 31:33.

I will put my law, &c. and so k they are elsewhere applied to the same times. And the first article in it is,

I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts; by the laws of God are meant not the precepts of the ceremonial law, which were now abrogated, but either the moral law, and its commands; which is a transcript of the divine nature, was inscribed on Adam's heart in innocence, and some remains of it are even in the Gentiles, but greatly obliterated through the sin of man; and there is in men naturally a contrary disposition to it; in regeneration it is reinscribed by the Spirit of God; and great respect is had to it by regenerate persons, in which lies one part of their conformity to Christ: or else, since the word "law" signifies sometimes no other than a doctrine, an instruction, the doctrines of grace, of repentance towards God, of faith in Christ, and love to him, and every other doctrine may be intended; and the tables where, according to the tenor of this covenant, these are put and written, are two tables, as before, the "mind" and "heart"; but not two tables of stone, on which the law of Moses was written, partly that it might not be lost, through defect of memory, and partly to denote the firmness and stability of it, as also to point at the hardness of man's heart; but the fleshly tables of the heart; not that part of our flesh that is called the heart; but the souls of men, such hearts as are regenerated and sanctified by the Spirit of God, and such minds as are renewed by him: and the "putting" of them into the mind, designs the knowledge of them, which God gives; as of the moral law, of its spirituality and perfection, showing that there is no life and righteousness by it, that it is fulfilled by Christ, and is a rule of conversation to the saints; and of all other laws, ordinances, and doctrines of Christ: and the "writing" them in, or on the heart, intends a filling the soul with love and affection to them, so that it regards them singly and heartily; and a powerful inclination of the heart to be subject to them, through the efficacious grace of God; and which is done not with the ink of nature's power, but with the Spirit of the living God, 2Co 3:3.

And I will be to them a God; not in such sense as he is the God of all mankind, or as he was the God of Israel in a distinguishing manner, but as he is the God of Christ, and of all the elect in him; and he is their God, not merely as the God of nature and providence, but as the God of all grace; he is so in a covenant way, and as in Christ, and by virtue of electing grace, and which is made manifest in the effectual calling; and as such, he has set his heart on them, and set them apart for himself; he saves them by his Son, adopts and regenerates them, justifies and sanctifies them, provides for them, protects and preserves them; and happy are they that are interested in this blessing of the covenant, which is preferable to everything else; they have everything, and can want no good thing; they need fear no enemy; all things work together for their good; and God continues to be their God in life and in death; so that they may depend on his love, be secure of his power, expect every needful supply of grace, and to be carried through every duty and trial, and to share in the first resurrection, and to enjoy eternal happiness:

and they shall be to me a people; not in such sense as all mankind are, or the Jews were in a more peculiar respect, but as all God's elect are, whether Jews or Gentiles; and who are such whom God has loved with a special love, has chose in Christ, and given to him, and with whom he has made a covenant in him; whom Christ saves from their sins by his blood, and calls them by his grace and Spirit, and who give up themselves to him; these are a distinct and peculiar people, a people near unto the Lord, and who are all righteous in Christ, and are made willing in the day of his power on their souls.

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NET Notes: Heb 8:10 Grk “I will be to them for a God and they will be to me for a people,” following the Hebrew constructions of Jer 31.

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TSK Synopsis: Heb 8:1-13 - --1 By the eternal priesthood of Christ the Levitical priesthood of Aaron is abolished;7 and the temporal covenant with the fathers, by the eternal cove...

Combined Bible: Heb 8:10-13 - --Two Covenants    (Hebrews 8:10-13)    The subject of the two covenants supplies the principal key which unlocks for us the mean...

Maclaren: Heb 8:10 - --I. God's Writing On The Heart The Articles Of The New Covenant I will put My laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts.'--Heb. 8:10. WE ca...

MHCC: Heb 8:7-13 - --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 ...

Matthew Henry: Heb 8:6-13 - -- In this part of the chapter, the apostle illustrates and confirms the superior excellency of the priesthood of Christ above that of Aaron, from the ...

Barclay: Heb 8:7-13 - --Here Hebrews begins to deal with one of the great biblical ideas--that of a covenant. In the Bible the Greek word that is always used for a covenant ...

Constable: Heb 5:11--11:1 - --III. The High Priestly Office of the Son 5:11--10:39 The transition from exposition (4:15-5:10) to exhortation (...

Constable: Heb 7:1--10:19 - --C. The Son's High Priestly Ministry 7:1-10:18 The great resource of Christians when tempted to apostatiz...

Constable: Heb 8:1--9:28 - --2. The work of our high priest chs. 8-9 The writer developed in this new section of the text top...

Constable: Heb 8:1-13 - --The new ministry and covenant ch. 8 The writer's discussion of the new ministry and the ...

Constable: Heb 8:6-13 - --The better covenant 8:6-13 The writer proceeded to explain the superiority of the New Covenant that Jesus Christ ratified with His blood that is bette...

College: Heb 8:1-13 - --HEBREWS 8 V. THE NEW COVENANT BROUGHT BY JESUS OUR HIGH PRIEST IS SUPERIOR TO THE OLD COVENANT (8:1-13) We have now reached a very important juncti...

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Evidence: Heb 8:10 God puts His Law into our minds, giving us a new mind—the " mind of Christ" ( 1Co 2:16 ), and renewing us in the " spirit" of our minds. He gives ...

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Robertson: Hebrews (Book Introduction) The Epistle to the Hebrews By Way of Introduction Unsettled Problems Probably no book in the New Testament presents more unsettled problems tha...

JFB: Hebrews (Book Introduction) CANONICITY AND AUTHORSHIP.--CLEMENT OF ROME, at the end of the first century (A.D), copiously uses it, adopting its words just as he does those of the...

JFB: Hebrews (Outline) THE HIGHEST OF ALL REVELATIONS IS GIVEN US NOW IN THE SON OF GOD, WHO IS GREATER THAN THE ANGELS, AND WHO, HAVING COMPLETED REDEMPTION, SITS ENTHRONE...

TSK: Hebrews 8 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Heb 8:1, By the eternal priesthood of Christ the Levitical priesthood of Aaron is abolished; Heb 8:7, and the temporal covenant with the ...

Poole: Hebrews 8 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 8

MHCC: Hebrews (Book Introduction) This epistle shows Christ as the end, foundation, body, and truth of the figures of the law, which of themselves were no virtue for the soul. The grea...

MHCC: Hebrews 8 (Chapter Introduction) (Heb 8:1-6) The excellence of Christ's priesthood above that of Aaron is shown. (Heb 8:7-13) The great excellence of the new covenant above the forme...

Matthew Henry: Hebrews (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Epistle to the Hebrews Concerning this epistle we must enquire, I. Into the divine authority of it...

Matthew Henry: Hebrews 8 (Chapter Introduction) In this chapter the apostle pursues his former subject, the priesthood of Christ. And, I. He sums up what he had already said (Heb 8:1, Heb 8:2). ...

Barclay: Hebrews (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO THE LETTER TO THE HEBREWS God Fulfils Himself In Many Ways Religion has never been the same thing to all men. "God," as Tennyson sai...

Barclay: Hebrews 8 (Chapter Introduction) The Way To Reality (Heb_8:1-6) The New Relationship (Heb_8:7-13)

Constable: Hebrews (Book Introduction) Introduction Historical background The writer said that he and those to whom he wrote ...

Constable: Hebrews (Outline)

Constable: Hebrews Hebrews Bibliography Andersen, Ward. "The Believer's Rest (Hebrews 4)." Biblical Viewpoint 24:1 (April 1990):31...

Haydock: Hebrews (Book Introduction) THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL, THE APOSTLE, TO THE HEBREWS. INTRODUCTION. The Catholic Church hath received and declared this Epistle to be part of ...

Gill: Hebrews (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO HEBREWS That this epistle was written very early appears from hence, that it was imitated by Clement of Rome, in his epistle to the...

Gill: Hebrews 8 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO HEBREWS 8 The apostle observing that the priesthood of Christ is the sum of what he had treated of in the preceding chapter, procee...

College: Hebrews (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION It is difficult to overestimate the significance of Hebrews for understanding the nature of the new covenant. No other document in the N...

College: Hebrews (Outline) OUTLINE I. JESUS IS SUPERIOR TO THE ANGELS - 1:1-14 A. The Preeminence of the Son - 1:1-4 B. The Son Superior to the Angels - 1:5-14 II. ...

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