Hebrews · Catholic Public Domain Version
Hebrews 8 Catholic Public Domain Version
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1 Now the main point in the things that have been stated is this: that we have so great a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of Majesty in the heavens,
1 Now in the things which we are saying, the main 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,
2 who is the minister of holy things, and of the true tabernacle, which was established by the Lord, not by man.
2 a servant of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched, not man.
3 For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. Therefore, it is necessary for him also to have something to offer.
3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer.
4 And so, if he were upon the earth, he would not be a priest, since there would be others to offer gifts according to the law,
4 For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law,
5 gifts which serve as mere examples and shadows of the heavenly things. And so it was answered to Moses, when he was about to complete the tabernacle: “See to it,” he said, “that you make everything according to the example which was revealed to you on the mountain.”
5 who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, “See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.”
6 But now he has been granted a better ministry, so much so that he is also the Mediator of a better testament, which has been confirmed by better promises.
6 But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law.
7 For if the former one had been entirely without fault, then a place certainly would not have been sought for a subsequent one.
7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.
8 For, finding fault with them, he says: “Behold, the days shall arrive, says the Lord, when I will consummate a New Testament over the house of Israel and the house of Judah,
8 For finding fault with them, he said, “Behold, the days are coming”, says the Lord, “that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
9 not according to the testament which I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand, so that I might lead them away from the land of Egypt. For they did not remain in my testament, and so I disregarded them, says the Lord.
9 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they didn’t continue in my covenant, and I disregarded them,” says the Lord.
10 For this is the testament which I will set before the house of Israel, after those days, says the Lord. I will instill my laws in their minds, and I will inscribe my laws on their hearts. And so, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
10 “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says the Lord: “I will put my laws into their mind; I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
11 And they will not teach, each one his neighbor, and each one his brother, saying: ‘Know the Lord.’ For all shall know me, from the least, even to the greatest of them.
11 They will not teach every man his fellow citizen and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all will know me, from their least to their greatest.
12 For I will forgive their iniquities, and I will no longer remember their sins.”
12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins and lawless deeds no more.”
13 Now in saying something new, he has made the former old. But that which decays and grows old is close to passing away.
13 In that he says, “A new covenant”, he has made the first obsolete. But that which is becoming obsolete and grows aged is near to vanishing away.
Cross references (13)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Hebrews 1:3; Colossians 3:1; Revelation 3:21; Hebrews 12:2; Hebrews 7:26–28
- 2 Exodus 33:7; 2 Corinthians 5:1; Romans 15:8; Hebrews 9:23–24; Hebrews 10:21
- 3 Ephesians 5:2; Hebrews 5:1; Hebrews 9:14; Hebrews 10:9–12; Hebrews 7:27
- 4 Hebrews 7:11–15; Hebrews 5:1; Numbers 18:5; Numbers 17:12–13; 2 Chronicles 26:18–19
- 5 Exodus 25:40; Colossians 2:17; Hebrews 10:1; Exodus 26:30; Exodus 27:8
- 6 Hebrews 7:22; Galatians 3:16–21; Hebrews 12:24; Luke 22:20; 2 Peter 1:4
- 7 Hebrews 7:11; Galatians 3:21; Hebrews 7:18; Hebrews 8:6
- 8 Jeremiah 31:31–34; Hebrews 10:16–17; Hebrews 12:24; Jeremiah 32:40; Hebrews 9:15
- 9 Jeremiah 31:32; Galatians 4:24; Ezekiel 20:37–38; Mark 8:23; Job 8:20
- 10 Ezekiel 36:26–28; Jeremiah 31:33; 2 Corinthians 3:3; Ezekiel 11:19–20; Hebrews 10:16–17
- 11 Jeremiah 31:34; Isaiah 54:13; John 6:45; 1 John 2:27; Jeremiah 24:7
- 12 Isaiah 43:25; Hebrews 10:16–17; Romans 11:27; Micah 7:19; 1 John 1:7–9
- 13 2 Corinthians 5:17; Hebrews 7:18–19; Hebrews 7:11–12; Hebrews 9:15; Hebrews 9:9–10
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Paul mixes the lowly things with the lofty, ever imitating his Master, so that the lowly become the path to the lofty, and through the former we are led to the latter, and when we are amid the great things we learn that these [lowly ones] were a condescension. This accordingly he does here also.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)
… of Israel: after those days, saith the Lord, I will give my laws in their mind, and will write them upon their hearts, and I will see to them; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people;" --without doubt this is prophesied to the Jerusalem above, whose reward is God Himself, and …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… thou mayest learn that this was far better, hear what He saith by the Prophet: "I will make a new covenant with you, putting my laws into their mind, and in their heart I will write them," and, "they shall be all taught of God." And Paul too, pointing out the same superiority, said, that they had received a law …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… when Paul testified in the spirit concerning Christ "that he is at the right hand of God;" when the Father says, "Sit thou on my right hand;" when the Holy Spirit bears witness that he has sat down on "the right hand of the majesty" of God; we attempt to degrade him who shares the honour and the throne, from …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
God indeed said to Moses, Look that thou make them after their pattern which was shewed thee in the mount.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)