Hebrews 8:3

Hebrews 8:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
• New International Version (NIV)Every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; thus it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer.
• New Living Translation (NLT)And since every high priest is required to offer gifts and sacrifices, our High Priest must make an offering, too.

Context of Hebrews 8:3

1Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, 2a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man. For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this One also have something to offer. 4For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law; 5who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, “See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

Hebrews 8:3 word by word

πᾶς γὰρ ἀρχιερεὺς εἰς τὸ προσφέρειν δῶρά τε καὶ θυσίας καθίσταται· ὅθεν ἀναγκαῖον ἔχειν τι καὶ τοῦτον ὃ προσενέγκῃ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• everyπᾶςpas · allG3956
• high priestἀρχιερεύςarchiereus · high-priestG749
• is ordainedκαθίστημιkathistēmi · to appoint/conductG2525
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• offerπροσφέρωprospherō · to bring toG4374
• ·τεte · and/bothG5037
• giftsδῶρονdōron · giftG1435
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• sacrificesθυσίαthusia · sacrificeG2378
• whereforeὅθενhothen · whenceG3606
• of necessityἀναγκαῖοςanagkaios · necessaryG316
• thatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• this manοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• haveἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• somewhatτιςtis · oneG5100
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588

Cross-references for Hebrews 8:3

• Hebrews 5:1For every high priest taken from among men is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
• Hebrews 7:27who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people’s, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.
• Hebrews 9:14how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
• Hebrews 10:9then He said, “Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God.” He takes away the first that He may establish the second.
• John 6:51I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”
• Ephesians 5:2And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.

Commentaries on Hebrews 8:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Every high priest is ordained - , Is set apart, for this especial work. Gifts and sacrifices - · Eucharistic offerings, and sacrifices for sin. By the former, God's government of the universe, and his benevolence to his creatures in providing for their support, were acknowledged. By the latter, the destructive and ruinous nature of sin, and the necessity of an atonement, were confessed. Wherefore - of necessity - If Christ be a high priest, and it be…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices - This is a general statement about the functions of the high priest. It was the uniqueness of the office; it constituted its essence, that some gift or sacrifice was to be presented. This was indisputable in regard to the Jewish high priest, and this is involved in the nature of the priestly office everywhere. A “priest” is one who offers sacrifice, mainly in behalf of others. The principles…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Every high priest must offer gifts and sacrifices. Since offering sacrifices is a general duty of priests, Jesus also needed to offer a sacrifice. This verse repeats what was mentioned in the first verse of the earlier discussion (Hebrews 5:1), marking another important section in the book.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. For--assigning his reason for calling him "minister of the sanctuary" (He 8:2). somewhat--He does not offer again His once for all completed sacrifice. But as the high priest did not enter the Holy Place without blood, so Christ has entered the heavenly Holy Place with His own blood. That "blood of sprinkling" is in heaven. And is thence made effectual to sprinkle believers as the end of their election (1Pe 1:2). The term "consecrate" as a priest, is…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 8:3

• Priest

In the dictionaries

• High priest
• Admonish
• Uttermost
• Christ, Offices of
• Congregation
• Faithful; Faithfulness
• Gebal
• Hebrews, Epistle to the
• Jeroham
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Commentaries on Hebrews 8

• 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
• 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