Because of this oath, Jesus is the one who guarantees this better covenant with God.
Parallel translations
- WEB By so much, Jesus has become the collateral of a better covenant.
- KJV By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
- BSB Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
- NKJV by so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant.
- NASB by the same extent Jesus also has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
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Quick answer
Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant. He personally secures the superior covenant God establishes.
Overview
For the first time the writer names the 'better covenant,' with Jesus himself as its guarantee or surety. His eternal, oath-sworn priesthood pledges the certainty of this new covenant's blessings. Christ does not merely mediate but personally stands as the guarantee that its promises will be fulfilled.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Cor 11:25In the same way he also took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me.”
- Heb 8:6–12But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law.
- Luke 22:20Likewise, he took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
- Heb 13:20Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus,
- Heb 12:24to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.
- Heb 9:15–23For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
- Gen 44:32For your servant became collateral for the boy to my father, saying, ‘If I don’t bring him to you, then I will bear the blame to my father forever.’
- Gen 43:9I’ll be collateral for him. From my hand will you require him. If I don’t bring him to you, and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever,
- Matt 26:28for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.
- Mark 14:24He said to them, “This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many.
- Prov 20:16Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
- Prov 6:1My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger;
- Dan 9:27He shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the middle of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease; and on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate; and even to the full end, and that determined, shall wrath be poured out on the desolate.
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