Acts 6:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.

We have

Acts 25:8

That

John 4:21

Change

Hebrews 12:26

General references

Matthew 23:38

Bible References

We have

Paul said in his defense, "I have committed no crime against the Law of the Jews, against the Temple, or against Caesar."

That

Then Jesus left the Temple courts and was walking away, when his disciples came to point out to him the Temple buildings.

"We heard him say, 'I will tear down this temple made by hands, and in three days I will build another temple not made by hands.'"

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not!

"As for what you are looking at, the time is coming when not one stone will be left upon another, that shall not be thrown down."

"Woman, believe me," said Jesus, "that the hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.

Change

To what purpose, then, was the Law? It was imposed later for the sake of transgressions, until the "Offspring" should come to whom the promise had been made. It was arranged through angels by the hand of a mediator.

So we Jews also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the empty externalities of the world.

Now if there were perfection through the Levitical priesthood, (and it was under it that the people received the Law) why was it still necessary for another kind of priest to arise, after the order of Melchizedek, instead of being reckoned according to the order of Aaron?

But Jesus has obtained a better ministry, by so much as he is also Mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted upon better promises.

This is a parable, for the present time, according to which gifts and sacrifices are offered that are not able, as far as conscience is concerned, to perfect the worshiper;

For the Law, being only a shadow of the good things to come, and not their very substance, its priests cannot with the same sacrifice which year after year they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.

whose voice then shook the earth, but now he has promised, saying, Once again, once for all, I make not only earth, but heaven also to tremble.

General references

"Behold, your house is left to you desolate!