Hebrews 7:22
New International Version
Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.

New Living Translation
Because of this oath, Jesus is the one who guarantees this better covenant with God.

English Standard Version
This makes Jesus the guarantor of a better covenant.

Berean Standard Bible
Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

Berean Literal Bible
By so much also, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

King James Bible
By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

New King James Version
by so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant.

New American Standard Bible
by the same extent Jesus also has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

NASB 1995
so much the more also Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

NASB 1977
so much the more also Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

Legacy Standard Bible
so much more Jesus also has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

Amplified Bible
And so [because of the oath’s greater strength and force] Jesus has become the certain guarantee of a better covenant [a more excellent and more advantageous agreement; one that will never be replaced or annulled].

Christian Standard Bible
Because of this oath, Jesus has also become the guarantee of a better covenant.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Jesus has also become the guarantee of a better covenant.

American Standard Version
by so much also hath Jesus become the surety of a better covenant.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
This Covenant, of which Yeshua is The Guarantor, is entirely better.

Contemporary English Version
This means that Jesus guarantees us a better agreement with God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
By so much is Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

English Revised Version
by so much also hath Jesus become the surety of a better covenant.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
In this way Jesus has become the guarantee of a better promise.

Good News Translation
This difference, then, also makes Jesus the guarantee of a better covenant.

International Standard Version
In this way, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.

Literal Standard Version
by so much also has Jesus become guarantee of a better covenant,

Majority Standard Bible
Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

New American Bible
to that same degree has Jesus [also] become the guarantee of an [even] better covenant.

NET Bible
accordingly Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

New Revised Standard Version
accordingly Jesus has also become the guarantee of a better covenant.

New Heart English Bible
Accordingly Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.

Webster's Bible Translation
By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

Weymouth New Testament
so much the more also is the Covenant of which Jesus has become the guarantor, a better covenant.

World English Bible
By so much, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

Young's Literal Translation
by so much of a better covenant hath Jesus become surety,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
A Superior Priesthood
21but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’ ” 22Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant. 23Now there have been many other priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office.…

Cross References
Psalm 119:122
Ensure Your servant's well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.

Isaiah 38:14
I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security."

Hebrews 7:23
Now there have been many other priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office.

Hebrews 8:6
Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.

Hebrews 8:8
But God found fault with the people and said: "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

Hebrews 8:13
By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.


Treasury of Scripture

By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

a surety.

Genesis 43:9
I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

Genesis 44:32
For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.

Proverbs 6:1
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

of a.

Hebrews 8:6-12
But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises…

Hebrews 9:15-23
And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance…

Hebrews 12:24
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

testament.

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Hebrews 7
1. Christ Jesus is a priest after the order of Melchizedek;
11. and so far more excellent than the priests of Aaron's order.














(22) By so much was Jesus made.--Better, by so much also hath Jesus become surety of a better covenant. The form of the sentence recalls Hebrews 1:4. As the priest whose appointment is confirmed by the oath of God is raised above all former priests, in the same proportion is the covenant of which Jesus is surety higher, better, than the former covenant. For the "better hope" of Hebrews 7:19 we now read "better covenant"; the new idea is not different in substance, but is more definite and clear. The very promise of the "other priest" brought with it a "better hope"; the recollection of the divine oath is fitly succeeded by the mention of a "covenant."

This is the first occurrence in this Epistle of a very interesting word (diath?k?) which hereafter will occupy an important place in the argument. Throughout the Greek translation of the Old Testament it is used to represent a Hebrew word which is (more than 200 times) rightly rendered covenant in our version; and, like the Hebrew word, it is applied both to mutual agreements between man and man, and to "covenants" or engagements into which God enters in regard to man. In classical writers diath?k? commonly denotes a testament; and hence in the old Latin translation of the Scriptures testamentum became the common rendering of the word. As, however, this rendering is very often found where it is impossible to think of such a meaning as will (for example, in Psalm 83:5, where no one will suppose the Psalmist to say that the enemies of God "have arranged a testament against Him"), it is plain that the Latin testamentum was used with an extended meaning, answering to the wide application of the Greek word. St. Paul's designation of the Jewish Scriptures as "the Old Covenant" (2Corinthians 3:14) thus became familiarly known as The Old Testament. In the New Testament the Authorised version more commonly presents the better rendering; but, through the influence of the Latin, testament is retained in several places--viz., in the various accounts of the institution of the Lord's Supper; in 2Corinthians 3:6; 2Corinthians 3:14; in Revelation 11:19 ("the ark of His testament," a very strange translation); in the present verse; and especially in the very important passage, Hebrews 9:15-20. There is a very general agreement of opinion that "covenant" must be the true meaning in all passages of the New Testament except the one last mentioned; and even in that place there are strong reasons for retaining the same rendering. (See the Note on Hebrews 9:15.) In this verse, at all events, we cannot doubt that the writer is thinking of a covenant. (See Hebrews 8:6; Hebrews 8:8.) Here only is Jesus spoken of as Surety, elsewhere as Mediator (Hebrews 8:6; Hebrews 9:15; Hebrews 12:24). As through the Son of Man the covenant becomes established, so in Him it remains secure; the words addressed by God to Him as Priest and King contain the pledge of its validity and permanence. . . .

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Because of
Κατὰ (Kata)
Preposition
Strong's 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

this
τοσοῦτο (tosouto)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5118: So great, so large, so long, so many. From tosos and houtos; so vast as this, i.e. Such.

[oath],
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

Jesus
Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

has become
γέγονεν (gegonen)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

[the] guarantee
ἔγγυος (engyos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1450: A surety, security. From en and guion; pledged, i.e. A bondsman.

of a better
κρείττονος (kreittonos)
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular - Comparative
Strong's 2909: Stronger, more excellent. Comparative of a derivative of kratos; stronger, i.e. better, i.e. Nobler.

covenant.
διαθήκης (diathēkēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 1242: From diatithemai; properly, a disposition, i.e. a contract.


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