Hebrews 8:2

Hebrews 8:2

The New Priestly Service

1 Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, ^awho is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

2 a Minister of ^athe sanctuary and of ^bthe true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.

3 For ^aevery high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore ^bit is necessary that this One also have something to offer.

4 For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law;

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Minister (leitourgov). See on Romans 13:6; Philippians 2:25.

Of the sanctuary (twn agiwn). "Of the holy places" (ta agia), without any distinction (like Hebrews 9:8 f.; Hebrews 10:19; Hebrews 13:11) between the holy place and the most holy place as in Hebrews 9:2 f.

Of the true tabernacle (thv skhnhv thv alhqinhv). By way of explanation of twn agiwn. For skhnh see Matthew 17:4 and skhnov (II Corinthians 5:1), old word used here for the antitype or archetype of the tabernacle in the wilderness in which Aaron served, the ideal tabernacle in heaven of which the earthly tabernacle was a symbol and reproduced in the temple which merely copied the tabernacle. Hence it is the "genuine" tabernacle and see John 1:9 for alhqinov.

Pitched (ephcen). First aorist active indicative of phgnumi, old verb to fasten as the pegs of a tent, here only in the N.T. Cf. Numbers 24:6.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Hebrews 8:2:**

John 7:2
Romans 13:6
Hebrews 4:14
Hebrews 8:1
Hebrews 8:1
Hebrews 9:1
Hebrews 9:2
Hebrews 9:8
Hebrews 9:11
Hebrews 9:23
Hebrews 10:19
Revelation 21:3

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