SEV Biblia, Chapter 9:8
¶ Dando en esto a entender el Espíritu Santo, que an no estaba descubierto camino para el Santuario, entre tanto que el primer Tabernculo estuviese en pie.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Hebrew 9:8
Verse 8. The Holy Ghost this signifying] These services were divinely appointed, and by each of them the Holy Spirit of God is supposed to speak. The way into the holiest] That full access to God was not the common privilege of the people, while the Mosaic economy subsisted. That the apostle means that it is only by Christ that any man and every man can approach God, is evident from chap. x. 19-22, and it is about this, and not about the tabernacle of this world, that he is here discoursing.
I have already observed that the apostle appears to use the word skhnh, or tabernacle, in the general sense of a dwelling place; and therefore applies it to the temple, which was reputed the house or dwelling place of God, as well as the ancient tabernacle. Therefore, what he speaks here concerning the first tabernacle, may be understood as applying with propriety to the then Jewish temple, as well as to the ancient tabernacle, which, even with all their sacrifices and ceremonies, could not make the way of holiness plain, nor the way to God's favour possible.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 8. The Holy Ghost this signifying , etc..] This shows that the Holy Ghost existed under the Old Testament; that he is a distinct person in the Godhead, a personal act being here ascribed to him; that he is truly and properly God, the God whose service the priests accomplished in the tabernacle; and by whom Moses was admonished to make all things in it according to the pattern, and by whom the high priest was warned not to come at all times within the vail; moreover, that the Levitical ordinances were of God, and that they had a spiritual signification; that the Old Testament saints were not without some knowledge of the spiritual meaning of them; and that the Holy Ghost was the author of that knowledge; particularly by enjoining the high priest to enter within the vail but once a year, he gave a plain and strong intimation, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing ; by which is meant, not only the first part of the tabernacle, as in ( Hebrews 9:2,6) but the whole of it; and not only that, but the temple built in its room, and also the whole Levitical service is included; and the sense is, that while the tabernacle and tabernacle worship, the temple and temple service, were in being, the way into the holiest of all was not yet manifest: the Vulgate Latin and all the Oriental versions render it, the way of the saints; of the priests who ministered in holy things, and were holy to the Lord, and of all the saints that lived before Christ; not that they did not go to heaven, but their way to it was not so manifestly known; life and immortality were not so clearly brought to light, as now by the Gospel; though rather it designs holy places, even heaven itself, which was typified by the holy place within the vail; and may be called the holiest of all, it being the residence of the holy God, holy angels, and holy men, and is sanctified by the presence of Christ, for his people, and where perfect holiness will be the glory of it: the way to it is not by works of righteousness done by men, which being imperfect cannot justify, and so not save, though this is the way men naturally seek and take; but Christ is the only way, and he is the plain, pleasant, and safe one: now let it be observed, that heaven was not shut to the Old Testament saints; there was a way into it for them, and they went the same way New Testament saints do; and that way was in some measure known, but it was not fully manifested; it lay hid in obscure prophecies, types, shadows, and sacrifices; hence being more clearly revealed under the Gospel dispensation, in comparison, of its former obscurity, and with respect to the manifestation of it, it is called a new way.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 6-10 - The apostle goes on to speak of the Old Testament services. Christ having undertaken to be our High Priest, could not enter into heave till he had shed his blood for us; and none of us can enter, eithe into God's gracious presence here, or his glorious presence hereafter but by the blood of Jesus. Sins are errors, great errors, both in judgment and practice; and who can understand all his errors? The leave guilt upon the conscience, not to be washed away but by the bloo of Christ. We must plead this blood on earth, while he is pleading it for us in heaven. A few believers, under the Divine teaching, saw something of the way of access to God, of communion with him, and of admission into heaven through the promised Redeemer, but the Israelite in general looked no further than the outward forms. These could no take away the defilement or dominion of sin. They could neithe discharge the debts, nor resolve the doubts, of him who did the service. Gospel times are, and should be, times of reformation, or clearer light as to all things needful to be known, and of greate love, causing us to bear ill-will to none, but good-will to all. We have greater freedom, both of spirit and speech, in the gospel, an greater obligations to a more holy living.
Greek Textus Receptus
τουτο 5124 δηλουντος 1213 5723 του 3588 πνευματος 4151 του 3588 αγιου 40 μηπω 3380 πεφανερωσθαι 5319 5771 την 3588 των 3588 αγιων 39 οδον 3598 ετι 2089 της 3588 πρωτης 4413 σκηνης 4633 εχουσης 2192 5723 στασιν 4714
Vincent's NT Word Studies
8. The Holy Ghost. Speaking through the appliances and forms of worship. The intimation is that God intended to emphasize, in the old economy itself, the fact of his inaccessibility, in order to create the desire for full access and to prepare the way for this.
The way into the holiest of all (thn twn agiwn odon). Lit. the way of the holies. For the construction comp. odon ejqnwn way of the Gentiles, Mark x. 5. The phrase N.T.o . Twn ajgiwn as in vers. 12, 24, 25; x. 19. While as the first tabernacle was yet standing (eti thv prwthv skhnhv ejcoushv stasin). By the first tabernacle is meant the first division. The point is that the division of the tabernacle showed the limitations of the Levitical system, and kept the people from coming directly to God. Of this limitation the holy place, just outside the second veil, was specially significant; for the holy place barred priests and people alike from the holy of holies. The priests could not pass out of it into the holy of holies; the people could not pass through it to that sanctuary, since they were not allowed in the holy place. The priests in the holy place stood between the people and God as revealed in the shrine. Exoushv stasin, lit. had standing. The phrase N.T.o . Stasiv everywhere in N.T. except here, is used in its secondary sense of faction, sedition, insurrection. Here in its original sense. Note that the sense is not physical and local as the A.V. implies, but remained a recognized institution.
