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But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.
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A More Excellent Ministry
Commentators emphasize that Christ's work as our High Priest is fundamentally superior to the Old Testament priesthood. His ministry is the real, heavenly substance of which the earthly tabernacle was only a shadow. This excellence is directly proven by the superior covenant He represents.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But now hath he obtained. That is, Christ.
A more excellent ministry. This refers to a service of a higher order, or of a …
But now (νυν δε). Logical use of νυν, as the case now stands, with Jesus as high priest in heaven.
Hath he obtained…
19th Century
Anglican
But now.—That is, as the case really is. (See Hebrews 8:3.) We have here another of those proportional statements commented on in …
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The ministry of priests in a sanctuary made according to the heavenly pattern is obviously one of great dignity. But the author’s point is that Jes…
16th Century
Protestant
But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, etc. As he had previously inferred the excellence of the covenant from the dig…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry Christ has a ministry, he is the minister of the sanctuary, ([Refe…
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The substance, or summary, of what had been declared was that Christians had such a High Priest as they needed. He took upon himself human nature, …
13th Century
Catholic
Having proved that Christ is a high priest and therefore a minister of holy things—but not according to the Old Law—the Apostle now shows that He i…
