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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 9 - Introduction

* The Jewish tabernacle and its utensils. (1-5) Their use and meaning. (6-10) These fulfilled in Christ. (11-22) The necessity, superior dignity, and power of his priesthood and sacrifice. (23-28)

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See also Hebrews 9 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Analysis Of The Chapter The general design of this chapter Hebrews 9 is the same as the two preceding, to show that Christ as high priest is superior to the Jewish high priest. This the apostle had al...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    After thus tracing the contrast between the Two Covenants, the writer proceeds to shew the difference between their _ordinances of ministration_(Hebrews 9:1 to Hebrews 10:18). He contrasts the sanctua...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    THE REDEEMER'S GREAT SACRIFICE -- Hebrews Nine -- In Hebrews nine the writer continues to show that Christ, as High Priest, is superior to the Jewish high priest. He is the "Mediator" of a better co...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _THE RITES AND BLOODY SACRIFICES OF THE LAW, FAR INFERIOR TO THE DIGNITY AND PERFECTION OF THE BLOOD AND SACRIFICE OF CHRIST._ _Anno Domini 63._ TO shew that the Sinaitic covenant was justly laid as...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _Questions On Chapter Nine True and False_ _____ 1. The first covenant was of no consequence since God did not swear by Himself. _____ 2. The tabernacle contained a Holy of Holies in which the c...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 formerly (g-11) Or 'of old.'...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO HEBREWS 9 The apostle having, in the former chapter, taken notice of the first covenant, in this proceeds to show what belonged to it, that it had service performed under it, and a pl...

  • John Owen’s Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews(7 vols)

    THE general design of the apostle in these discourses is to manifest and prove that the old covenant made with the church at Sinai, with all the ordinances of worship and privileges thereunto belongin...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    CHAPTER 9 THE ORDINANCES OF THE FIRST COVENANT DESCRIBED AND COMPARED WITH THOSE OF THE NEW COVENANT. The fact of ‘Jesus the Son' as our great High Priest having been established as the great reality,...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    CHAP. 9. The argument interrupted by the preceding quotation is now resumed. The divine-ness and the beauty of the arrangements of the old covenant are admitted, and their significance, Hebrews 9:1-5;...

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