Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Which--sacrifices.
stood--consisted in [ALFORD]; or, "have attached to them" only things which appertain to the use of foods, etc. The rites of meats, etc., go side by side with the sacrifices [THOLUCK and WAHL]; compare Colossians 2:16.
drinks-- (Leviticus 10:9; Leviticus 11:4). Usage subsequently to the law added many observances as to meats and drinks.
washings-- (Exodus 29:4).
and carnal ordinances--One oldest manuscript, Syriac and Coptic, omit "and." "Carnal ordinances" stand in apposition to "sacrifices" (Hebrews 9:9). Carnal (outward, affecting only the flesh) is opposed to spiritual. Contrast "flesh" with "conscience" (Hebrews 9:13-14).
imposed--as a burden (Acts 15:10, Acts 15:28) continually pressing heavy.
until the time of reformation--Greek, "the season of rectification," when the reality should supersede the type (Hebrews 8:8-12). Compare "better," Hebrews 9:23.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Ezekiel 39:29
Acts 3:24
Galatians 3:3
Hebrews 6:2
Hebrews 8:1
Hebrews 9:9
Hebrews 9:11
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