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A Sketch vs. a Portrait
Commentators explain that the Old Testament Law was like a 'shadow' or a preliminary sketch an artist makes. It provided a dim outline of God's plan of salvation. In contrast, Jesus is the 'very image'—the finished, detailed, and vibrant portrait. The Law pointed toward the good things of the gospel, but Christ is the reality itself.
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Albert Barnes
On Hebrews 10:1
18th Century
Theologian
CHAPTER X
ANALYSIS OF THE CHAPTER
The general subject of this chapter is the sacrifice Christ has made for sin and the consequences t…
AT Robertson
On Hebrews 10:1
Shadow (σκιαν). The contrast here between σκια (shadow, shade caused by interruption of light as by trees, Mr 4:32) and εικων (ima…
Charles Ellicott
On Hebrews 10:1
19th Century
Bishop
A Shadow of good things to come.—These words have already been discussed; the “shadow” in Hebrews 8:5, and “the good things to com…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Hebrews 10:1
19th Century
Preacher
For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered ye…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Hebrews 10:1
“The law” as used here stands for the whole OT, with particular reference to the sacrificial system. This is dismissed as no more than “a shadow” (…
John Calvin
On Hebrews 10:1
16th Century
Theologian
For the Law having a shadow, etc. He has borrowed this comparison from the art of painting. A shadow here has a different meaning than it …
John Gill
On Hebrews 10:1
17th Century
Pastor
For the law having a shadow of good things to come
By which is meant not the moral law, for that is not a shadow of …
Matthew Henry
On Hebrews 10:1–10
17th Century
Minister
The apostle, having shown that the tabernacle and ordinances of the covenant of Sinai were only emblems and types of the gospel, concludes that the…