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The People's Failure
Commentators stress that the old covenant failed not because of a flaw in God's law, but because the people were unfaithful and "continued not" in it. This human failure demonstrated that a system based on external rules was insufficient, highlighting the need for a new and better covenant that would address the heart.
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Hebrews
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Albert Barnes
On Hebrews 8:9
18th Century
Theologian
Not according to the covenant, and so on. This refers to an arrangement or dispensation relating mainly to outward observances and to temp…
AT Robertson
On Hebrews 8:9
In the day that I took them (εν ημερα επιλαβομενου μου). Genitive absolute (μου and second aorist middle participle of επιλαμβανω)…
Charles Ellicott
On Hebrews 8:9
19th Century
Bishop
Not according to the covenant.—The difference is declared below (Hebrews 8:10–12). In the day when t…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Hebrews 8:7–13
19th Century
Preacher
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. For finding fault with them, he saith, Beh…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Hebrews 8:9
The new covenant is contrasted with the old one. Jeremiah does not say that God will simply patch up the old covenant and give it new life, but wil…
John Calvin
On Hebrews 8:9
16th Century
Theologian
Not according to the covenant, etc. Here is expressed the difference between the covenant that then existed and the new one that …
John Gill
On Hebrews 8:9
17th Century
Pastor
Not according to the covenant that I made with their
fathers
The ancestors of the Jew…
Matthew Henry
On Hebrews 8:7–13
17th Century
Minister
The superior excellence of Christ's priesthood, above that of Aaron, is shown from that covenant of grace, of which Christ was Mediator. The law no…