SEV Biblia, Chapter 8:2
ministro del Santuario, y de aquel verdadero Tabernculo que el Seor asent, y no al hombre.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Hebrew 8:2
Verse 2. A minister of the sanctuary] twn agiwn leitourgov? A public minister of the holy things or places. The word leitourgov, from leitov, public, and ergon, a work or office, means a person who officiated for the public, a public officer; in whom, and his work, all the people had a common right: hence our word liturgy, the public work of prayer and praise, designed for the people at large; all having a right to attend it, and each having an equal interest in it. Properly speaking, the Jewish priest was the servant of the public; he transacted the business of the people with God. Jesus Christ is also the same kind of public officer; both as Priest and Mediator he transacts the business of the whole human race with God. He performs the holy things or acts in the true tabernacle, HEAVEN, of which the Jewish tabernacle was the type. The tabernacle was the place among the Jews where God, by the symbol of his presence, dwelt. This could only typify heaven, where God, in his essential glory, dwells, and is manifest to angels and glorified saints; and hence heaven is called here the true tabernacle, to distinguish it from the type. Which the Lord pitched] The Jewish tabernacle was man's work, though made by God's direction; the heavens, this true tabernacle, the work of God alone, and infinitely more glorious than that of the Jews. The tabernacle was also a type of the human nature of Christ, John i. 14: And the word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, kai eskhnwsen en hmin and tabernacled among us; for, as the Divine presence dwelt in the tabernacle, so the fullness of the Godhead, bodily, dwelt in the man Christ Jesus. And this human body was the peculiar work of God, as it came not in the way of natural generation.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 2. A minister of the sanctuary , etc..] The heavenly one, so called, in allusion to the holy of holies, the type of it; and because it is truly an holy place; and which Christ sanctifies and prepares for his people by his presence and intercession: or of the Holy Ones, or saints; who are sanctified or set apart by God, the Father, to whom Christ is made sanctification, and who are made holy by the Spirit of God; to these Christ is a minister; he was so in his prophetic office, to the lost sheep of the house of Israel; and in his priestly office, to all the chosen ones, when on earth, offering himself a sacrifice for them, and now he is a minister to them in heaven, interceding for them; and in his kingly office, governing, protecting, and defending them: or of holy things; to his people, such as the gifts of his Spirit, grace, and all supplies of it, and at last glory; and for them, presenting their sacrifices of prayer and praise to God, which become acceptable to him through his powerful mediation: and of the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched, and not man ; by which is meant, not heaven, the same with the sanctuary, for this would be an unnecessary tautology, and an explanation of a word by another more obscure; nor is there any reason why it should be added, which the Lord pitched, and not man; since everyone must believe that heaven is made by God alone; but rather the church of Christ, which is sometimes called a tabernacle, and is a true one, of which the tabernacle of Moses was a type, and is of God's building, and where Christ ministers, being the high priest over the house of God; though it is best to interpret it of the human nature of Christ, in which he tabernacled among men, and which was typified by the tabernacle of Moses, and therefore is called the true one, in distinction from that; for as there God dwelt, and his glory was seen, and he granted his presence to his people, and the sacrifices were brought and offered up there, and to this the people looked when at a distance, and this appeared very coarse without, but within full of holy things; so in Christ's human nature the fulness of the Godhead dwells bodily; here the glory of God is seen, even in the face of Jesus; and through him God vouchsafes communion with his people; and by him the sacrifices of prayer and praise are offered up; and to him do the saints look for the acceptance of them; and though in the days of his flesh he looked very mean and despicable, yet was full of grace and truth, and of all the gifts of the Spirit: and the human nature of Christ was not of man; it was not propagated by human generation, but was produced through the power of the Holy Ghost; and in this tabernacle Christ ministered when on earth, and now ministers in heaven.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-6 - The substance, or summary, of what had been declared was, tha Christians had such a High Priest as they needed. He took upon himsel human nature, appeared on earth, and there gave himself as a sacrific to God for the sins of his people. We must not dare to approach God, or to present any thing to him, but in and through Christ, depending upo his merits and mediation; for we are accepted only in the Beloved. I all obedience and worship, we should keep close to God's word, which is the only and perfect standard. Christ is the substance and end of the law of righteousness. But the covenant here referred to, was that mad with Israel as a nation, securing temporal benefits to them. The promises of all spiritual blessings, and of eternal life, revealed in the gospel, and made sure through Christ, are of infinitely greate value. Let us bless God that we have a High Priest that suits ou helpless condition.
Greek Textus Receptus
των 3588 αγιων 39 λειτουργος 3011 και 2532 της 3588 σκηνης 4633 της 3588 αληθινης 228 ην 3739 επηξεν 4078 5656 ο 3588 κυριος 2962 και 2532 ουκ 3756 ανθρωπος 444
Vincent's NT Word Studies
2. A minister (leitourgov). Sat down as a minister. From an old adjective leitov or leitov (found only in this compound), belonging to the people, and ergon work. Hence, originally, the service of the state in a public office. In LXX and N.T. leitourgov minister, leitourgein to minister, and leitourgia ministry are used both of priestly service to God and of service to men. Leitourgia in LXX rarely of the service of the priests, often of the Levites. See 1 Kings i. 4; xix. 21; 2 Kings iv. 43; vi. 15. Leitourgouv Heb. i. 7, in the general sense of servants of God. Of the sanctuary (twn agiwn). The heavenly sanctuary. Ta agia the most holy place, Heb. ix. 8, 12, 25; x. 19; xiii. 11. Comp. agia ajgiwn holy of holies, Heb. ix. 3. %Agia holy places generally, but with special reference to the innermost sanctuary, Heb. ix. 24.
The true tabernacle (thv skhnhv thv aluqinhv). Explanatory oftwn aJgiwn. The form of expression is emphatic: the tabernacle, the genuine one, as compared with the tabernacle in the wilderness. For ajliqinov real, genuine, see on John i. 9. Skhnh a tent. For different shades of meaning, comp. Matt. xvii. 4; Luke xvi. 9; Acts vii. 43. In this epistle always of the tabernacle in the wilderness.
