Hebrews 8:3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: why it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. "Somewhat to offer" is a very happy rendering. What He offers is not meantime of importance, He has an offering. Neither is there any reference to the time when He offers, though the word perhaps implies that the offering is one that is made once for all. But of course it is implied by the connection that the place of the offering is in the true tabernacle, for this is just the gist of the whole passage. The author's chief point is that the Melchisedec high priest is a ministering high priest in the heavenly sanctuary, and to support this point by saying that this priest must have an offering which he offers somewhere else would be peculiar reasoning. No doubt the high priest is described generally as appointed "to offer gifts and sacrifices," but that "offering" of the high priest to which Christ's corresponds is expressly defined to be "blood which he offered for himself and for the errors of the people" in the most holy place (Hebrews 9:7). The " somewhat to offer" which Christ has is somewhat which He offers in the sanctuary on high. (A. B. Davidson, LL. D.) Parallel Verses 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. |
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