SEV Biblia, Chapter 9:11
Mas Cristo ya estando presente, Sumo Sacerdote de los bienes que habían de venir, por otro ms amplio y ms perfecto tabernculo, no hecho de manos, es a decir, no de esta creacin,
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Hebrew 9:11
Verse 11. But Christ being come a high priest of good things] I think this and the succeeding verses not happily translated: indeed, the division of them has led to a wrong translation; therefore they must be taken together, thus: But the Christ, the high priest of those good things (or services) which were to come, through a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of the same workmanship, entered once for all into the sanctuary; having obtained eternal redemption for us, not by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, ver. 13. For if the blood of GOATS, and bulls, and calves, and a heifer's ashes, sprinkled on the unclean, sanctifieth to the cleansing of the flesh, (ver. 14,) how much more shall the blood of Christ, who, through the eternal Spirit, offered himself without spot to God, cleanse your consciences from dead works, in order to worship (or that ye may worship) the living God? In the above translation I have added, in ver. 13, tragwn, of goats, on the authority of ABDE, three others, the Syriac, the Arabic of Erpen, Coptic, Vulgate, two copies of the Itala, and Theodouret. And I have rendered eiv to latreuein, (ver. 14,) IN ORDER to worship, or THAT YE MAY worship; for this is the meaning of these particles eiv to in many parts of the New Testament. I shall now make a few observations on some of the principal expressions. High priest of good things] Or services, to come, twn mellontwn agaqwn. He is the High Priest of Christianity; he officiates in the behalf of all mankind; for by him are all the prayers, praises, and services of mankind offered to God; and he ever appears in the presence of God for us.
A greater and more perfect tabernacle] This appears to mean our Lord's human nature. That, in which dwelt all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, was fitly typified by the tabernacle and temple, in both of which the majesty of God dwelt.
Not made with hands] Though our Lord's body was a perfect human body, yet it did not come in the way of natural generation; his miraculous conception will sufficiently justify the expressions used here by the apostle.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 11. But Christ being come an high priest , etc..] Christ is come, as appears from the cessation of civil government among the Jews, which was not to be till Shiloh came; from the destruction of the second temple, into which the Messiah was to come, and did; from the expiration of Daniel's weeks, at which he was to appear, and be cut off; from the coming of John the Baptist, his forerunner, and from the preaching of the Gospel to the Gentiles, and the calling and conversion of them, and the effusion of the Spirit upon them: and he is come an high priest; he was called to be one, and was constituted as such in the council and covenant of peace; and he agreed to do the work of one; he was typified by the high priest under the law; and he came as such into this world, and has done the work of an high priest, by offering himself a sacrifice for sin, and by his entrance into the holiest of all, with his own blood: and he is come an high priest of good things to come; such as peace, reconciliation, and atonement, a justifying righteousness, pardon of sin, eternal life and salvation, which the law was a shadow and figure of; and which under the former dispensation were to come, as to the actual impetration of them by Christ; who is called the high priest of them, to distinguish him from the high priests under the law, who could not bring in these good things, nor make the comers to them and to their offerings perfect; but Christ is the author and administrator of them; and these things are owing to the performance of his priestly office; and such rob Christ of his glory, as a priest, who ascribe these good things to their own merits, or the merits of others: and the way in which he is come is, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building ; meaning the human body of Christ, which was greater than tabernacle of Moses; not in bulk and quantity, but in value, worth, and dignity; and was more perfect than that, that being only an example, figure, shadow, and type, this being the antitype, the sum and substance of that; and by it things and persons are brought to perfection, which could not be, in and by that; and this is a tabernacle which God pitched, and not man; which was reared up without the help, of man: Christ was not begotten by man, but was conceived in the womb of a virgin, under the power of the Holy Ghost; he came not into the world in the way of ordinary generation, but in a supernatural manner; and so his human body is a tabernacle, not of the common building, or creation, as the word may be rendered, as other human bodies are.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 11-14 - All good things past, present, and to come, were and are founded upo the priestly office of Christ, and come to us from thence. Our Hig Priest entered into heaven once for all, and has obtained eterna redemption. The Holy Ghost further signified and showed that the Ol Testament sacrifices only freed the outward man from ceremonia uncleanness, and fitted him for some outward privileges. What gave suc power to the blood of Christ? It was Christ's offering himself withou any sinful stain in his nature or life. This cleanses the most guilt conscience from dead, or deadly, works to serve the living God; from sinful works, such as pollute the soul, as dead bodies did the person of the Jews who touched them; while the grace that seals pardon new-creates the polluted soul. Nothing more destroys the faith of the gospel, than by any means to weaken the direct power of the blood of Christ. The depth of the mystery of the sacrifice of Christ, we cannot dive into, the height we cannot comprehend. We cannot search out the greatness of it, or the wisdom, the love, the grace that is in it. But in considering the sacrifice of Christ, faith finds life, food, an refreshment.
Greek Textus Receptus
χριστος 5547 δε 1161 παραγενομενος 3854 5637 αρχιερευς 749 των 3588 μελλοντων 3195 5723 αγαθων 18 δια 1223 της 3588 μειζονος 3173 και 2532 τελειοτερας 5046 σκηνης 4633 ου 3756 χειροποιητου 5499 τουτ 5124 εστιν 2076 5748 ου 3756 ταυτης 3778 της 3588 κτισεως 2937
Vincent's NT Word Studies
11. The time of reformation introduces a higher sanctuary, a better offering, a more radical salvation.
Having come (paragenomenov). Having appeared in the world. Only here in Hebrews, and only once in Paul. 1 Cor. xvi. 3. Most frequent in Luke and Acts.
Of good things to come (twn genomenwn agaqwn). According to this reading the A.V. is wrong. It should be "of the good things realized," or that have come to pass. The A.V. follows the reading mellontwn about to be. So Tischendorf and Rev. T. Weiss with Westcott and Hort read genomenwn. Blessings not merely prophetic or objects of hope, but actually attained; free approach to God, the better covenant, personal communion with God, the purging of the conscience.
Through a greater and more perfect tabernacle (dia). The preposition is instrumental. Comp. ver. 12. Const. with ajrciereuv high priest, and as qualifying it. "A high priest with a greater and more perfect tabernacle." It has been shown that the new high priest must have a sanctuary and an offering (ch. viii. 2-8). Accordingly, as the Levitical priests were attached to (were priests with) an inferior tabernacle, so Christ appears with a greater and more perfect tabernacle. For this use of dia see Rom. ii. 27; xiv. 20; 2 Cor. ii. 4; iii. 11. Note the article with tabernacle, his greater, etc. That is to say not of this building (tout estin ou tauthv thv ktisewv). For building rend. creation. See on Rom. viii. 19; 2 Corinthians v. 17; Col. i. 15. The meaning is, not belonging to this natural creation either in its materials or its maker.
