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Hebrews 8:6 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 8 · verse 6
But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.Hebrews 8:6 · King James Version
Hebrews 8:6 in context
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.
6But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
7For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
8For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
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- establishednomotheteōto enact laws, laws are enacted or prescribed for one, to be legislated for, furnished…G3549 →
- excellentdiaphorosdifferent, varying in kind, excellent, surpassingG1313 →
- obtainedtygchanōto hit the mark, of one discharging a javelin or arrow, to reach, attain, obtain, get…G5177 →
- ministryleitourgiaa public office which a citizen undertakes to administer at his own expense, any service…G3009 →
- mediatormesitēsone who intervenes between two, either in order to make or restore peace and friendship…G3316 →
- covenantdiathēkēa disposition, arrangement, of any sort, which one wishes to be valid, the last…G1242 →
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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 excellency of that covenant, or that dispensation of the covenant of grace, of which Christ was the Mediator (Heb 8:6): his ministry is more excellent, by how much he is…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-13