Hebrews 7:18

there is) Rather, "there occurs" or "results," in accordance with Psalms 110:4.

a disannulling See note on Hebrews 7:12. Comp. Galatians 3:15.

of the commandment Most ancient and modern commentators understand this of the Mosaic Law in general.

for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof The writer here shews how completely he is of the school of St Paul, notwithstanding the strength of his Judaic sympathies. For St Paul was the first who clearly demonstrated that Christianity involved the abrogation of the Law, and thereby proved its partial, transitory, and inefficacious character as intended only to be a preparation forthe Gospel (Romans 8:3). The law was only the "tutor" or attendant-slave to lead men to Christ, or train their boyhood till it could attain to full Christian manhood (Galatians 3:23; Galatians 3:14). It was only afterthe consummation of the Gospel that its disciplinary institutions became reduced to "weak and beggarly rudiments" (Galatians 4:9).

going before Comp. 1Ti 1:18; 1 Timothy 5:24. The "commandment" was only a temporary precursor of the final dispensation.