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Hebrews 8:3 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 8 · verse 3
For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.Hebrews 8:3 · King James Version
Hebrews 8:3 in context
1Now 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;
2A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
3For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
4For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
5Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sacrificesthysiaa sacrifice, victimG2378 →
- necessityanagkaiosnecessary, what one can not do without, indispensable, connected by bonds of nature or…G316 →
- ordainedkathistēmito set, place, put, to set one over a thing , to appoint one to administer an office, to…G2525 →
- somewhattisa certain, a certain one, some, some time, a whileG5100 →
- priestarchiereuschief priest, high priest, the high priests, these comprise in addition to one holding…G749 →
- offerprospherōto bring to, lead to, one to a person who can heal him or is ready to show him some…G4374 →
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Here is, I. A summary recital of what had been said before concerning the excellency of Christ's priesthood, showing what we have in Christ, where he now resides, and what sanctuary he is the minister of, Heb 8:1, Heb 8:2. Observe, 1. What we have in Christ;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5