Hebrews 8


Hebrews 8 is the eighth chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The author is anonymous, although the internal reference to "our brother Timothy" 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 New Covenant.

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. This chapter is divided into 13 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:

Old Testament references

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

This section serves as an introduction to the homily about the New Covenant based on Jeremiah 31:31-34.

Verse 1

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Verse 2

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Verse 5

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.

Verse 13

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