8:12 “For I will be merciful toward their evil deeds, and their sins I will remember no longer.” 6
8:13 When he speaks of a new covenant, 7 he makes the first obsolete. Now what is growing obsolete and aging is about to disappear. 8
1 sn The Greek text indicates a contrast between vv. 4-5 and v. 6 that is difficult to render in English: Jesus’ status in the old order of priests (vv. 4-5) versus his superior ministry (v. 6).
2 tn Grk “he”; in the translation the referent (Jesus) has been specified for clarity.
3 tn Grk “to the degree that.”
4 tn Grk “which is enacted.”
5 sn This linkage of the change in priesthood with a change in the law or the covenant goes back to Heb 7:12, 22 and is picked up again in Heb 9:6-15 and 10:1-18.
6 sn A quotation from Jer 31:31-34.
7 tn Grk “when he says, ‘new,’” (referring to the covenant).
8 tn Grk “near to disappearing.”