John Bengel Commentary - Hebrews 8:13 - 8:13

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John Bengel Commentary - Hebrews 8:13 - 8:13


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Heb 8:13. Ἐν) in. The time is hereby denoted, wherein the prophecy was spoken by Jeremiah.-πεπαλαίωκε, He hath made old) For place cannot be found at the same time for both. The employment of the preterite of the verb πεπαλαίωκε implies that it was become old at the time when He spoke by Jeremiah. The New covenant was only once promised in the Old Testament under this very appellation. And yet the apostle urges this appellation very much: of so great importance are the very words of the prophets.-τὸ παλαιούμενον, that which is made old or antiquated) by the declaration of GOD. So also in 2Co 3:14, Paul calls it the old testament.-καὶ γηράσκον, and that which becomes old) by the revolt of the people. Παλαιὸς and καινὸς are opposed: so also γέρων and νέος; thence διαθήκη νέα, ch. Heb 12:24 : for there is a new life, ch. Heb 10:20; 2Co 5:17; 2Co 5:15.-ἐγγὺς, near) Jeremiah uttered these prophecies in the time of the Babylonish captivity, almost in the last age of the prophets, at a long interval [i.e. of 899 years.-V. g.] after the departure from Egypt, not very long [namely, about 627 years] before the coming of the Messiah, whose propinquity (nearness) was being proved by this very circumstance.