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For the law made nothing perfect (οὐδὲν γὰρ ἐτελείωσεν ὁ νόμος)
Parenthetical. The A.V. overlooks the parenthesis, ignores the connection of bringing in with disannulling, translates δὲ but instead of and, and supplies did; thus making an opposition between the law which made nothing perfect and the bringing in of a better hope, which did make something perfect. What the writer means to say is that, according to the Psalm, there takes place, on the one hand, a disannulling of the preliminary commandment because it was weak and unprofitable, unable to perfect anything, and on the other hand, the introduction of a better hope.
The bringing in of a better hope (ἐπεισαγωγὴ κρείττονος ἐλπίδος)
ΕπεισαγωγὴN.T.o, olxx, is “a bringing in upon” (ἐπὶ), upon the ground formerly occupied by the commandment. So Rev., correctly, “a bringing in thereupon.” For κπείττων better, see on Heb 1:4. The comparison is not between the hope conveyed by the commandment, and the better hope introduced by the gospel, but between the commandment which was characteristic of the law (Eph 2:15) and the hope which characterized the gospel (Rom 5:2-5; Rom 8:24).
By the which we draw nigh to God (δι' ἧς ἐγγίζομεν τῷ θεῷ)
Giving the reason why the hope is better. Christianity is the religion of good hope because by it men first enter into intimate fellowship with God. The old priesthood could not effect this.