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Heb 8:6. Νυνὶ, now) This is opposed to the εἰ, if, Heb 8:4.-[43] τέτευχε) The same phrase is found, 3Ma 5:32, ΒΟΗΘΕΊΑς ΤΕΤΕΥΧΌΤΕς.-ὍΣῼ, by how much) The character of the duty [of Christ as our mediating Priest] follows the nature of the testament, viz. that the promises, which it contains, may come to their accomplishment.-διαθήκης μεσίτης-ἘΠΑΓΓΕΛΊΑΙς ΝΕΝΟΜΟΘΈΤΗΤΑΙ) These are all Paul’s expressions, 1Ti 2:5; Rom 9:4.-ἐπαγγελίαις, on promises) which are enumerated, Heb 8:10-11. The old promises, considered in precise strictness, referred to the things of this life, and they were exactly fulfilled, so that the people, being satiated with them, might then the more eagerly embrace the heavenly promises.-νενομοθέτηται) By an elegant difference in the words it is said of the Old Testament, Ὁ ΛΑῸς ΝΕΝΟΜΟΘΈΤΗΤΟ, the people was established in the law, ch. Heb 7:11; but the New Testament itself νενομοθέτηται, has been established on the law. Man violates it: God keeps it.[44] The Greek word, ΝΕΝΟΜΟΘΈΤΗΤΑΙ, does not admit the particle, as if; and yet the meaning is durch ein Gesetz, or durch Gesetze, Heb 8:10, νόμος, a law, a thing established.
[43] Διαφορωτέρας, more excellent) heavenly.-V. g.
[44] This is the reason of the difference in the wording here and ch. Heb 7:11.-ED.