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The Law's Purposeful Limits
Commentators agree that the Law was not a failure, but it was intentionally incomplete. It could not make anyone 'perfect'—meaning it could not fully atone for sin or reconcile people to God. Scholars describe it as a 'stepping-stone' or a 'schoolmaster' that pointed forward to the perfect solution that would come in Christ. Its inherent limitations created the need for a better way.
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Albert Barnes
On Hebrews 7:19
18th Century
Theologian
For the law made nothing perfect. The Levitical, ceremonial law. It did not produce a perfect state; it did not do what was desirable to b…
AT Robertson
On Hebrews 7:19
Made nothing perfect (ουδεν ετελειωσεν). Another parenthesis. First aorist active indicative of τελειοω. See verse 11. And yet law…
Charles Ellicott
On Hebrews 7:18–19
19th Century
Bishop
The intimate connection between these two verses is obscured by the ordinary translation. They point out with greater fullness and clearness what i…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Hebrews 7:19
19th Century
Preacher
That is all it did: it was a stepping-stone towards something better. by which we draw near unto God. The Lord hath sworn and will not…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Hebrews 7:19
The parenthesis underlines the defects of the law. The writer does not explain what he means by “made perfect” (), but clearly he has in mind somet…
John Calvin
On Hebrews 7:19
16th Century
Theologian
For the Law made nothing perfect, etc. Since he had spoken rather harshly of the Law, he now mitigates or, so to speak, corrects …
John Gill
On Hebrews 7:19
17th Century
Pastor
For the law made nothing perfect
Or no man; neither any of the priests that offered sacrifices, nor any of the peopl…
Matthew Henry
On Hebrews 7:11–25
17th Century
Minister
The priesthood and law, by which perfection could not come, are abolished; a Priest has risen, and a dispensation is now established, by which true…