Hebrews 8:6 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 8:6

Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.

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ASV

But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.

KJV

But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

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Commentary

3 voices

Athanasius of Alexandria

296–373

Discourses Against the Arians 1.13. [59] (373)

"It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these." Both in the verse before us, then, and throughout, does he ascribe the word better to the Lord, who is better and other than originated things. For better is the sacrifice through him, better the hope in him and also the promises through him, not merely as great compared with small, but the one differing from the other in nature, because he who conducts this economy, is better than things originated.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry - His office of priesthood is more excellent than the Levitical, because the covenant is better, and established on better promises: the old covenant referred to earthly things; the new covenant, to heavenly. The old covenant had promises of secular good; the new covenant, of spiritual and eternal blessings.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

"The messenger (angel) of the covenant." which--Greek, "one which" [ALFORD]: inasmuch as being one which. established--Greek, "enacted as a law." So Ro 3:27, "law of faith"; and Ro 8:2; 9:31, apply "law" to the Gospel covenant.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
νυνὶ	nuni	now	G3570 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
διαφορωτέρας	diaphorōteras	more excellent	G1313 →
τέτυχεν	tetuchen	He has obtained	G5177 →
λειτουργίας,	leitourgias	a ministry,	G3009 →
ὅσῳ	hosō	as much as	G3745 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
κρείττονός	kreittonos	of a better	G2908 →
ἐστιν	estin	He is	G1510 →
διαθήκης	diathēkēs	covenant	G1242 →
μεσίτης,	mesitēs	[the] mediator,	G3316 →
ἥτις	hētis	which	G3748 →
ἐπὶ	epi	upon	G1909 →
κρείττοσιν	kreittosin	better	G2908 →
ἐπαγγελίαις	epangeliais	promises	G1860 →
νενομοθέτηται.	nenomothetētai	has been enacted.	G3549 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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Through
2 Peter 1:4
Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused…
leads to
- Ephesians 4:23–24
  to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;
- Ezekiel 36:25–27
  I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- 2 Corinthians 3:18
  And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
- Colossians 3:10
  and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
- Hebrews 12:10
  Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.
Through
Hebrews 12:24
to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
leads to
- Matthew 26:28
  This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Hebrews 9:15
  Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under…
Through
Luke 22:20
In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 11:25
  In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Hebrews

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Hebrews