18. there is--Greek, "there takes place," according to
Ps 110:4.
disannuling--a repealing.
of the commandment--ordaining the Levitical priesthood. And, as
the Levitical priesthood and the law are inseparably joined, since the
former is repealed, the latter is so also (see on
Heb 7:11).
going before--the legal ordinance introducing and giving place
to the Christian, the antitypical and permanent end of the former.
weakness and unprofitableness--The opposite of "power"
(Heb 7:16).
JFB.
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