Hebrews 8:11
in Hebrews 8No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they shall not teach every man his fellow-citizen, And every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: For all shall know me, From the least to the greatest of them.
KJV
And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
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This verse in Hebrews 8
Commentary
4 notes on this verseon Hebrews 8:10-11
Having bestowed on us the truly great, divine, and inalienable inheritance of the Father, deifying man by heavenly teaching, putting His laws into our minds, and writing them on our hearts. What laws does He inscribe? "That all shall know God, from small to great;" and, "I will be merciful to them," says God, "and will not remember their sins." Let us receive the laws of life, let us comply with God's expostulations; let us become acquainted with Him, that He may be gracious.
This site's exposition
I will put my laws into their mind
on Hebrews 8:10-12
The new covenant's terms follow in three parts: God's law written in mind and heart rather than merely on stone, the relation renewed, I will be to them a God and they shall be to me a people, and knowledge of the Lord no longer needing to be taught teacher to neighbor, for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. The list reaches its own summit at verse 12, I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more, the once-for-all forgiveness the letter argues through in the two chapters that follow. Every clause is still addressed to the house of Israel named two verses earlier, the covenant fulfilled without Israel being written out of its own promise.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
And they shall not teach every man his neighbor ... - That is, no one shall be under a necessity of imparting instruction to another, or of exhorting him to become acquainted with the Lord. This is designed to set forth another of the advantages which would attend the new dispensation. In the previous verse it had been said that one advantage of that economy would be, that the Law would be written on the heart, and that they who were thus blessed would be regarded as the people of God.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Not that the mutual teaching of brethren is excluded while the covenant is being promulgated; but when once the Holy Spirit shall have fully taught all the remission of their sins and inward sanctification, then there shall be no further' need of man teaching his fellow man.
The words behind it
26 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| οὐ | ou | certainly | G3756 → | 1664 times |
| μὴ | me | not | G3361 → | 1066 times |
| διδάξωσιν | didaxosin | shall they teach | G1321 → | |
| ἕκαστος | hekastos | each | G1538 → | 81 times |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| πολίτην | politen | comrade | G4177 → | |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | of him | G846 → | 5565 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἕκαστος | hekastos | each | G1538 → | 81 times |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἀδελφὸν | adelphon | brother | G80 → | 343 times |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | of him | G846 → | 5565 times |
| λέγων· | legon | saying; | G3004 → | 1325 times |
| γνῶθι | gnothi | do know | G1097 → | 221 times |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| κύριον, | kurion | Lord,’ | G2962 → | 711 times |
| ὅτι | hoti | because | G3754 → | 1292 times |
| πάντες | pantes | all | G3956 → | 1235 times |
| εἰδήσουσίν | eidesousin | will know | G1492 → | 374 times |
| με, | me | Me, | G3165 → | 1936 times |
| ἀπὸ | apo | from | G575 → | 640 times |
| μικροῦ | mikrou | [the] least | G3398 → | |
| ἕως | he'os | to [the] | G2193 → | 146 times |
| μεγάλου | megalou | greatest | G3173 → | 243 times |
| αὐτῶν· | auton | of them; | G846 → | 5565 times |
καὶAnd
kaiG2532 →9120 times
οὐcertainly
ouG3756 →1664 times
μὴnot
meG3361 →1066 times
διδάξωσινshall they teach
didaxosinG1321 →
ἕκαστοςeach
hekastosG1538 →81 times
τὸνthe
tonG3588 →19766 times
πολίτηνcomrade
politenG4177 →
αὐτοῦof him
autouG846 →5565 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἕκαστοςeach
hekastosG1538 →81 times
τὸνthe
tonG3588 →19766 times
ἀδελφὸνbrother
adelphonG80 →343 times
αὐτοῦof him
autouG846 →5565 times
λέγων·saying;
legonG3004 →1325 times
γνῶθιdo know
gnothiG1097 →221 times
τὸνthe
tonG3588 →19766 times
κύριον,Lord,’
kurionG2962 →711 times
ὅτιbecause
hotiG3754 →1292 times
πάντεςall
pantesG3956 →1235 times
εἰδήσουσίνwill know
eidesousinG1492 →374 times
με,Me,
meG3165 →1936 times
ἀπὸfrom
apoG575 →640 times
μικροῦ[the] least
mikrouG3398 →
ἕωςto [the]
he'osG2193 →146 times
μεγάλουgreatest
megalouG3173 →243 times
αὐτῶν·of them;
autonG846 →5565 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
John 6:45It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—
it leads to
- Isaiah 54:13
Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 31:33–34
“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Hebrews 10:16
“This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”
- Hebrews 8:10–11
For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And…
- 1 Thessalonians 4:9
Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
- Isaiah 54:13
Through
1 John 2:27And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all…
it leads to
- John 14:26
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
- 1 John 2:20–21
You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
- John 14:26
Through
Isaiah 54:13Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
it leads to
- John 6:45
It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—
- John 6:45
Where this verse is studied
About Hebrews
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Clement of Alexandria, Exhortation to the Heathen; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament.