Hebrews 8 is the eighth chapter of the

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in the

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of the

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. The author is anonymous, although the internal reference to "our brother Timothy" ( Hebrews 13:23) causes a traditional attribution to Paul, but this attribution has been disputed since the second century and there is no decisive evidence for the authorship. This chapter contains the exposition about the better ministry of the

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Background

This chapter appears under the subheading "Jesus, High Priest of a Better Covenant" in the ''ESV'' and "Mediator of a Better Covenant" in the NRSV English language translations of the New Testament.

Text

The original text was written in

Koine Greek Koine Greek (, ), also variously known as Hellenistic Greek, common Attic, the Alexandrian dialect, Biblical Greek, Septuagint Greek or New Testament Greek, was the koiné language, common supra-regional form of Greek language, Greek spoken and ...

. This chapter is divided into 13 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are: * Papyrus 46 (175–225; complete) * Codex Vaticanus (325-350) * Codex Sinaiticus (330-360) *

Codex Alexandrinus The Codex Alexandrinus (London, British Library, Royal MS 1. D. V-VIII) is a manuscript of the Greek Bible,The Greek Bible in this context refers to the Bible used by Greek-speaking Christians who lived in Egypt and elsewhere during the early ...

(400-440) *

Codex Freerianus Codex Freerianus, designated by I or 016 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 1041 ( von Soden), also called the ''Washington Manuscript of the Pauline Epistles'', is a 5th-century manuscript in an uncial hand on vellum in Greek. It is named afte ...

(~450; extant verses 1-2, 7-11, 18-20, 27-28) *

Codex Claromontanus Codex Claromontanus, symbolized by Dp, D2 or 06 (in the Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland, Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 1026 (Biblical manuscript#Von Soden, von Soden), is a Greek-Latin diglot uncial manuscript of the New Testament, written in an ...

(~550)

Old Testament references

* Hebrews 8:5: * : Jeremiah 31:31–34

The Work of the Heavenly High Priest (8:1–7)

This section serves as an introduction to the homily about the

based on Jeremiah 31:31-34.

Verse 1

New King James Version : ''Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,''

Verse 2

New King James Version : ''Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.''

Verse 5

: ''who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, "See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain."'' Citing

The Text for a Homily (8:8–13)

Following the introduction, oracle in Jeremiah 31:31-34 is discussed as the word of God (according to NRSV; the text of Jeremiah also claims 'the Lord' as the speaker).

Verse 13

New King James Version : ''In that He says, "A new covenant," He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.'' NKJV Gill, John
''Exposition of the Entire Bible'' - Hebrews 8:13
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References

Bibliography

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External links

* King James Bible - Wikisource
English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate''Online Bible'' at GospelHall.org
(ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English)
Multiple bible versions at ''Bible Gateway''
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