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But Christ having come as a high priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tent, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,
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Christ: The Turning Point
Commentators emphasize that the phrase 'But Christ having come' marks the pivotal moment in history. His arrival introduces a new, perfect system that fulfills and replaces the temporary, symbolic rituals of the Old Testament. As one scholar notes, 'Christ came on the scene, and all was changed,' shifting focus from earthly shadows to heavenly reality.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But Christ being come. Now that the Messiah has come, a more perfect system is introduced, by which the conscience may be made free from g…
Having come (παραγενομενος). Second aorist middle participle of παραγινομα. This is the great historic event that is the crux of h…
19th Century
Anglican
The changes of translation required in these verses are not considerable in themselves, but important for the sake of bringing out the unity of the…
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Baptist
But Christ—Oh,
how we seem to rise when we begin to get near to Him, away from the high priests of the Jews! "But Christ"—
The author does not specifically explain what the “good things that are already here” are, but the expression is evidently a comprehensive way of s…
16th Century
Protestant
But Christ being come... He now sets before us the reality of the things under the Law, so that it may turn our eyes from them to this rea…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But Christ being come an high priest Christ is come, as appears from the cessation of civil government among the Jew…
All good things, past, present, and to come, were and are founded upon the priestly office of Christ, and come to us from there. Our High Priest en…
13th Century
Catholic
Having shown the significance of things related to the Old Testament and the first tabernacle, the Apostle now describes the condition of things re…
