Hebrews 8

Hebrews 8 is the eighth chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.^[1][2] The name of the author is unknown, but it is a man and a friend of Saint Timothy based on the text in this book.^[3][4]

Background

This chapter appears under the subheading "Jesus, High Priest of a Better Covenant" in the ESV and "Mediator of a Better Covenant" in the NRSV English language translations of the New Testament.

Text

• The original text is written in Koine Greek.
• Some of the oldest manuscripts containing this chapter are:
  • Codex Vaticanus (AD 325-350)
  • Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330-360)
  • Codex Alexandrinus (ca. AD 400-440)
  • Codex Freerianus (~AD 450; extant: verse 1-2, 7-11, 18-20, 27-28)
  • Codex Claromontanus (~AD 550)
• This chapter is divided into 13 verses.

Structure

This chapter can be grouped (with cross references to other parts of the Bible):

• Hebrews 8:1-6 = The New Priestly Service
• Hebrews 8:7-13 = A New Covenant

Cross references

• Hebrews 8:5: Exodus 25:40
• Hebrews 8:12: Jeremiah 31:31–34

Verse 1

New King James Version

Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,^[5]

Verse 2

New King James Version

Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.^[6]

Verse 5

New King James Version

who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, “See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”^[7]

Citing Exodus 25:40

Verse 13

New King James Version

In that He says, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.^[8][9]

See also

• Abraham
• High priest
• Jesus Christ
• Judah (biblical person)
• Levi
• Melchizedek
• Moses
• Other related Bible parts: Exodus 25, Jeremiah 31

References

1. ↑ Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
2. ↑ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
3. ↑ Davids, Peter H (1982). I Howard Marshall and W Ward Gasque, ed. New International Greek Testament Commentary: The Epistle of James (Repr. ed.). Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans. ISBN 0802823882. 
4. ↑ Evans, Craig A (2005). Craig A Evans, ed. Bible Knowledge Background Commentary: John, Hebrews-Revelation. Colorado Springs, Colo.: Victor. ISBN 0781442281. 
5. ↑ Hebrews 8:1
6. ↑ Hebrews 8:2
7. ↑ Hebrews 8:5
8. ↑ Hebrews 8:13
9. ↑ John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible - Hebrews 8:13

This article incorporates text from a work in the public domain: Gill, John. Exposition of the Entire Bible (1746-1763). 

External links

• Hebrews 8 NIV