Hebrews 8:1

World English Bible (2000)

Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

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  • Heb 2:17 : 17 Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
  • Heb 1:3 : 3 His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself made purification for our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
  • Col 3:1 : 1 If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
  • Heb 7:26-28 : 26 For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; 27 who doesn't need, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices daily, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. For he did this once for all, when he offered up himself. 28 For the law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath which came after the law appoints a Son forever who has been perfected.
  • Heb 10:12 : 12 but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God;
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • Rev 3:21 : 21 He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.
  • 1 Chr 29:11 : 11 Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all.
  • Job 37:22 : 22 Out of the north comes golden splendor. With God is awesome majesty.
  • Ps 21:5 : 5 His glory is great in your salvation. You lay honor and majesty on him.
  • Ps 45:3-4 : 3 Strap your sword on your thigh, mighty one: your splendor and your majesty. 4 In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds.
  • Ps 104:1 : 1 Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.
  • Ps 110:1 : 1 Yahweh says to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet."
  • Ps 145:12 : 12 to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.
  • Isa 24:14 : 14 These shall lift up their voice. They will shout for the majesty of Yahweh. They cry aloud from the sea.
  • Mic 5:4 : 4 He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of Yahweh, in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God: and they will live, for then he will be great to the ends of the earth.
  • Eph 6:20 : 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
  • Heb 1:13 : 13 But which of the angels has he told at any time, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet?"

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  • Heb 8:2-6
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    2 a servant of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.

    3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer.

    4 For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law;

    5 who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, "See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain."

    6 But 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.

  • Heb 4:14-16
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    14 Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold tightly to our confession.

    15 For we don't have a high priest who can't be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.

    16 Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.

  • Heb 7:24-26
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    24 But he, because he lives forever, has his priesthood unchangeable.

    25 Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.

    26 For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

  • Heb 10:21
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    21 and having a great priest over the house of God,

  • Heb 3:1
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    1 Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus;

  • Heb 6:20
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    20 where as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 9:11
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    11 But Christ having come as a high priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,

  • Heb 1:2-4
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    2 has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.

    3 His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself made purification for our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

    4 having become so much better than the angels, as he has inherited a more excellent name than they have.

  • Heb 5:1
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    1 For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.

  • Heb 10:11-12
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    11 Every priest indeed stands day by day serving and often offering the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins,

    12 but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God;

  • Heb 5:10
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    10 named by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 7:28
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    28 For the law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath which came after the law appoints a Son forever who has been perfected.

  • Heb 7:15-17
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    15 This is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there arises another priest,

    16 who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life:

    17 for it is testified, "You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek."

  • Heb 7:3
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    3 without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God), remains a priest continually.

  • Heb 9:24
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    24 For Christ hasn't entered into holy places made with hands, which are representations of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;

  • Heb 7:19-22
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    19 (for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

    20 Inasmuch as he was not made priest without the taking of an oath

    21 (for they indeed have been made priests without an oath), but he with an oath by him that says of him, "The Lord swore and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.'"

    22 By so much, Jesus has become the collateral of a better covenant.

  • Heb 9:5-6
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    72%

    5 and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can't speak now in detail.

    6 Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services,

  • Heb 9:8
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    8 The Holy Spirit is indicating this, that the way into the Holy Place wasn't yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing;

  • Heb 5:6
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    6 As he says also in another place, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek."

  • Heb 1:13
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    13 But which of the angels has he told at any time, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet?"

  • Heb 12:2
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    2 looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

  • Heb 10:19
    71%

    19 Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus,

  • Heb 2:17
    70%

    17 Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.

  • Heb 1:8
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    8 But of the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your Kingdom.

  • Heb 7:11
    69%

    11 Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people have received the law), what further need was there for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

  • Heb 13:8
    69%

    8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

  • Heb 13:10
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    10 We have an altar from which those who serve the holy tabernacle have no right to eat.

  • Heb 9:3
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    3 After the second veil was the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies,

  • Heb 2:11
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    11 For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

  • Heb 10:15
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    15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying,

  • Heb 7:13
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    13 For he of whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.

  • Acts 7:1
    69%

    1 The high priest said, "Are these things so?"

  • Jer 17:12
    68%

    12 A glorious throne, [set] on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.