But Christ being come a high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Christ coming is a high priest of the good things to come; of things which we hope for in heaven.
He has entered by a more perfect tabernacle; i.e. not passing, like the priests of the former law, into a tabernacle made by human art and hands, but by the tabernacle of his own body or flesh, says St. Chrysostom, framed by the Holy Spirit. (Witham)
But Christ having come an High Priest of good things that have come by a greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands. Here he means the flesh. And well did he say, greater and more perfect, since God The Word and all the power of The Spirit dwells therein; For God gives not the Spirit by measure [unto Him]. John 3:34 And more perfect, as being both unblamable, and setting right greater things.
That is, not of this creation. See how [it was] greater. For it would not have been of the Spirit Matthew 1:20, if man had constructed it. Nor yet is it of this creation; that is, not of these created things, but spiritual, of the Holy Ghost.
Do you see how he calls the body tabernacle and veil and heaven. By a greater and more perfect tabernacle. Through the veil, that is, His flesh. Hebrews 10:20 And again, into that within the veil. Hebrews 6:19 And again, entering into the Holy of Holies, to appear before the face of God. Hebrews 9:24 Why then does he this? According as one ...
At those times, however, in which He lived on earth we lay this down definitively, that it is no prejudgment against us if pardon used to be conferred on sinners-even Jewish ones. For Christian discipline dates from the renewing of the Testament,
