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We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat that serve the tabernacle.

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

We have an altar (εχομεν θυσιαστηριον). We Christians have a spiritual altar (θυσιαστηριον), not a literal one (7:13). This metaph…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

We have an altar. We who are Christians. The Jews had an altar on which their sacrifices were offered, which was regarded as sacred, and o…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

“We do not need such profitle teaching; we already have sustenance which is ‘meat indeed,’ by which the heart is established.” According to the Law…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein. …

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

Some see the “altar” as the communion table (from which Christians, but not others, eat). But this is an odd way of interpreting the passage in the…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

We have an altar, and so on. This is a beautiful adaptation of an old rite under the Law to the present state of the Church. There was a k…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

We have an altar
By which is meant, not the cross of Christ, on which he was crucified; nor the Lord's table, where …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The instructions and examples of ministers who honorably and comfortably concluded their testimony should be particularly remembered by survivors. …

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

After exhorting them to follow the example and way of life of those who have departed, the Apostle now warns them to continue in their teaching. In…

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