Hebrews 9:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then verily the first covenant had also ordinancesa of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. ”

Hebrews 9:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then verily - Or, moreover. The object is to describe the tabernacle in which the service of God was celebrated under the former dispensation, and to show that it had a reference to what was futu...
Hebrews 9:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then verily (1) the first [covenant] had also ordinances of divine service, and a (a) worldly sanctuary. (1) A division of the first tabernacle which he calls worldly, that is to say, transitory, an...
Hebrews 9:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The two ministries are now contrasted, in order to show that the OT institutions were imperfect, and pointed beyond themselves to that real access to God which we have obtained through Christ. He...
Hebrews 9:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Then verily... also . Now even. covenant . No Greek. word. The ellipsis is rightly supplied by " covenant ". ordinances . Greek. dikaioma. App-191. divine service . Greek. latreia. Ap...
Hebrews 9:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Then verily the first, etc (138) After having spoken generally of the abrogation of the old covenant, he now refers specially to the ceremonies. His object is to show that there was no...
Hebrews 9:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. The first covenant had also ordinances - Our translators have introduced the word covenant, as if διαθ...
Hebrews 9:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. Then verily, х men ( G3303 ) oun ( G3767 )] - 'According]y then.' Resuming Hebrews 7:5...
Hebrews 9:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A worldly sanctuary] RV 'its sanctuary, a sanctuary of this world,' and therefore inferior to the 'true' tabernacle in the heavens ( Hebrews 8:2 ), of which it was but a copy.
Hebrews 9:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

IX. (1) The subject commenced in the last chapter ( Hebrews 9:1-6 ) is continued here. The mention of the “more excellent ministry” led to the description of the new covenant with which it is unit...
Hebrews 9:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Imperfect Way of Approach to God Hebrews 9:1-10 With careful enumeration each item of the Tabernacle furniture is specified, because of each there is a spiritual equivalent in the unseen, s...
Hebrews 9:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Because of the better priesthood and the better covenant a better worship is established. First, the sanctuary is described. Christ is set forth as the One who has entered into a greater Tabernacle t...
Hebrews 9:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS We have in this Chapter some Account of the Furniture of the Old Tabernacle in the Wilderness. To this succeeds a most blessed Account of Christ, whom the Holy Ghost meant to prefigure by t...
Hebrews 9:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then verily the first covenant had ordinances of divine service ,.... The design of the apostle in this chapter, as it stands in connection with what goes before, is to show the pre-eminence of Chri...
Hebrews 9:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. Ver. 1. Then verily the first covenant ] Here the apostle proveth what he had propounded, Hebrews...
Hebrews 9:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

To show that the old covenant was justly laid aside, the apostle judged it necessary to enter into a particular examination of the religious services which it enjoined, and to prove that these were d...
Hebrews 9:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter s 9 and 10 form a wonderful climax in the orderly presentation of the truth in this epistle: If according to the new covenant, a man must be morally fitted for the presence of God by means of...
Hebrews 9:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Furniture of the Tabernacle. A. D. 62. 1 Then verily the first covenant had also ordinan...
Hebrews 9:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; HEBREWS CHAPTER 9 Hebrews 9:1-14 The service and sacrifices of the first tabernacle were far less perfect and efficacious to purge the conscience than the blood of Christ. Hebrews 9:15-...
Hebrews 9:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CHRIST IS THE END OF THE LAW CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES THE writer proceeds to compare, or rather contrast, the ordinances of ministration under the two priesthoods. 1. The older ceremonia...
Hebrews 9:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Hebrews 9:1 The Simplicity of Christian Ritual. The simplicity of worship in the Christian Church is a sign of spiritual advancement I. Inasmuch as it arises, in some measure, from the fact that...
Hebrews 9:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. An external sanctuary, a material structure, and therefore belonging to this world. Hebrews 9:2...
Hebrews 9:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hebrews 9:2 . A tabernacle wherein was the candlestick. For a description of this portable temple, which disdains borrowing figures from the Egyptian temples, though they had some figures analogou...
Hebrews 9:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

The first covenant had also ordinances The ancient tabernacle The writer now proceeds to compare the old and the new covenants with reference to their respective provisions for religious commun...
Hebrews 9:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The sphere of Christ's "more excellent ministry," as the "Mediator of a better covenant," having been shown to be elsewhere than in the earthly tabernacle, the ministry itself is no...
Hebrews 9:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then, verily, the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service and a worldly sanctuary.
Hebrews 9:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Colossians 2:8 ; Exodus 25:8 ; Ezekiel 43:11 ; Hebrews 8:13 ; Hebrews 8:2 ; Hebrews 8:7 ; Hebrews 9:10 ; Hebrews 9:11 ; Leviticus 18:3 ; Leviticus 18:30 ; Leviticus 18:4 ; Leviticus 22:9...
Hebrews 9:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The first covenant had ordinances of outward worship, and a worldly — a visible, material sanctuary, or tabernacle. Of this sanctuary he treats, Hebrews 9:2-5 . Of those ordinances, Hebrews 9:6-1...

Hebrews 9:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hebrews 9:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Hebrews 9:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 9:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hebrews 9:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 9:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hebrews 9:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hebrews 9:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 9:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hebrews 9:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hebrews 9:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hebrews 9:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hebrews 9:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hebrews 9:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hebrews 9:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hebrews 9:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 9:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hebrews 9:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hebrews 9:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hebrews 9:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Hebrews 9:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hebrews 9:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hebrews 9:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hebrews 9:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hebrews 9:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hebrews 9:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 9:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes