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Hebrews 8:2 — King James Version← Study notes

A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.


Hebrews 8:2Greek Interlinear

Greek · Hebrews 8:214 words
GreekMeaning
τῶνtōn
in thearticleG3588
ἁγίωνhagiōn
Holy PlacesadjectiveG40
λειτουργὸςleitourgos
a ministernounG3011
καὶkai
andwordG2532
τῆςtēs
in thearticleG3588
σκηνῆςskēnēs
tabernaclenounG4633
τῆςtēs
thearticleG3588
ἀληθινῆςalēthinēs
trueadjectiveG228
ἣνhēn
whichrelative pronounG3739
ἔπηξενepēxen
has pitchedverbG4078
ho
thearticleG3588
κύριοςkyrios
LordnounG2962
οὐκouk
notadverbG3756
ἄνθρωποςanthrōpos
mannounG444
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Hebrews 8:2

Paul mixes the lowly things with the lofty, ever imitating his Master, so that the lowly become the path to the lofty, and through the former we are led to the latter, and when we are amid the great things we learn that these [lowly ones] were a condescension. This accordingly he does here also. After declaring that “He offered up Himself,” and showing Him to be a “High Priest,” what does he say? “Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: we have such an High…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 14 on Hebrews
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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