Hebrews 9:8

Hebrews 9:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
• New International Version (NIV)The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning.
• New King James Version (NKJV)the Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing.
• New Living Translation (NLT)By these regulations the Holy Spirit revealed that the entrance to the Most Holy Place was not freely open as long as the Tabernacle and the system it represented were still in use.

Context of Hebrews 9:8

6These preparations having thus been made, the priests go regularly into the first section, performing their ritual duties, 7but into the second only the high priest goes, and he but once a year, and not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the unintentional sins of the people. By this the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing 9(which is symbolic for the present age). According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper, 10but deal only with food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.

Hebrews 9:8 word by word

τοῦτο δηλοῦντος τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ ἁγίου, μήπω πεφανερῶσθαι τὴν τῶν ἁγίων ὁδὸν ἔτι τῆς πρώτης σκηνῆς ἐχούσης στάσιν·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Holyὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• The Holyἅγιοςhagios · holyG40
• Ghostπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• signifyingδηλόωdēloō · to make clearG1213
• the wayὁδόςhodos · roadG3598
• into the holiest of allἅγιοςhagios · holyG40
• wasφανερόωphaneroō · to revealG5319
• not yetμήπωmēpō · not yetG3380
• while asἔτιeti · stillG2089
• theσκηνήskēnē · tentG4633
• firstπρῶτοςprōtos · firstG4413
• wasἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• standingστάσιςstasis · uprisingG4714

Cross-references for Hebrews 9:8

• Hebrews 3:7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, "Today, if you hear his voice,
• Hebrews 10:15And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying,
• Isaiah 63:11Then he remembered the days of old, of Moses and his people. Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who put in the midst of them his Holy Spirit,
• Acts 7:51"You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.
• Acts 28:25And disagreeing among themselves, they departed after Paul had made one statement: "The Holy Spirit was right in saying to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:
• Galatians 3:8And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed."
• 2 Peter 1:21For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
• Hebrews 9:3Behind the second curtain was a second section called the Most Holy Place,
• Hebrews 4:15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
• Hebrews 10:19Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,
• John 10:7So Jesus again said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
• John 14:6Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
• Ephesians 2:18For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.

Commentaries on Hebrews 9:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8The 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 Hebrews 10:19-22, and it is about this, and not about the tabernacle of this…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The Holy Ghost - Who appointed all this. The whole arrangement in the service of the tabernacle is represented as having been under the direction of the Holy Spirit, or this was one of his methods of teaching the great truths of religion, and of keeping them before the minds of people. Sometimes that Spirit taught by direct revelation; sometimes by the written word, and sometimes by symbols. The tabernacle, with its different apartments, utensils, and…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-10Verses 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 heaven till he had shed his blood for us; and none of us can enter, either 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? They leave guilt upon the conscience, not…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8had not yet been disclosed: Under the old covenant system, people could not freely enter God's presence. The outer room of the tabernacle, which served as a sacred barrier, kept people from entering the Most Holy Place. This barrier symbolized the entire system, which kept people away from God's presence instead of guiding them into it.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. The Holy Ghost--Moses himself did not comprehend the typical meaning (1Pe 1:11, 12). signifying--by the typical exclusion of all from the holiest, save the high priest once a year. the holiest of all--heaven, the antitype. the first tabernacle--the anterior tabernacle, representative of the whole Levitical system. While it (the first tabernacle, and that which represents the Levitical system) as yet "has a standing" (so the Greek, that is, "has…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 9:8

• Blood
• Gospel
• Law
• Offerings
• Ordinance
• Symbols and Similitudes
• Tabernacle
• Types
• Way
• Works

In the dictionaries

• Holy Ghost
• Altar
• Bear
• High priest
• Ordinance
• Remission
• Sanctuary
• Stand
• Tabernacle
• Washing

Commentaries on Hebrews 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings