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Hebrews 5:5
So also Christ glorified not Himself to be made an high priest, but he that said unto Him, Thou art My Son, today have I begotten Thee.
So also Christ glorified not Himself to be made an high priest, but he that said unto Him, Thou art My Son, today have I begotten Thee.
Verse Hebrews 5:5. _CHRIST GLORIFIED NOT HIMSELF_] The man Jesus Christ, was also appointed by God to this most awful yet glorious office, of being the High Priest of the whole human race. The Jewish...
SO ALSO CHRIST GLORIFIED NOT HIMSELF; - see the notes at John 8:54. The meaning is, that Jesus was not ambitious; that he did not obtrude himself into the great office of high priest; he did not enter...
CHAPTER 5 _ 1. What the High Priest is and represents (Hebrews 5:1)_ 2. The fulfillment in Christ made High Priest (Hebrews 5:5) 3. The spiritual condition of the Hebrew-Christians (Hebrews 5:11)...
The writer now approaches his main argument, that Christ is our all-sufficient High Priest. But before considering in detail the nature of Christ's priestly ministry, he shows that He possesses in a s...
AT HOME WITH MAN AND GOD (Hebrews 5:1-10)...
Every high priest who is chosen from among men is appointed on men's behalf to deal with the things which concern God. His task is to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins, in that he himself is able to...
ALSO, &C. = Christ (App-98. IX) also. GLORIFIED. See p. 1511. AN. Omit. HIGH PRIEST. See Hebrews 2:17. SAID. Greek. _laleo_. App-121. THOU, &C. See Hebrews 1:5....
_So also Christ_ Rather, "_So even the Christ_." Jesus, the Messiah, the true Anointed Priest, possessed both these qualifications. _glorified not himself_ He has already called the High Priesthood "a...
(2) A SPECIAL CALL...
CH. 5. TWO QUALIFICATIONS FOR HIGH PRIESTHOOD: (1) CAPACITY FOR SYMPATHY (1–3); (2) A SPECIAL CALL (4–10). SPIRITUAL DULNESS OF THE HEBREWS (11–14)...
ΟὝΤΩΣ ΚΑῚ Ὁ ΧΡΙΣΤΌΣ. “SO EVEN THE CHRIST.” Jesus, the Messiah, the true Anointed Priest, possessed both these qualifications. ΟΥ̓Χ ἙΑΥΤῸΝ ἘΔΌΞΑΣΕΝ. He has already called the High Priesthood “an honour...
_THE NATURE AND CALL OF CHRIST'S PRIESTHOOD -- HEBREWS 5:1-6:_ The Jewish priest was "taken from among men." This same nature allowed them to practice true compassion. Christ can be tender and compass...
ΈΔΌΞΑΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΔΟΞΆΖΩ (G1392) славить, ΓΕΝΗΘΉΝΑΙ _aor. pass. (dep.) inf. от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) становиться. _Inf._ может быть пояснительным, объясняющим основной гл.: "Христос не присвоил...
SO ALSO CHRIST GLORIFIED NOT HIMSELF— _So likewise Christ did not take the honour to himself of being an high-priest._ "He did not of himself assume that dignity, but was expressly appointed to it by...
C. _Christ's qualifications for the priesthood. Hebrews 5:5-10_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 5:5-10 Hebrews 5:5 So Christ also glorified not Himself to be made a high priest, but He that spake unto Him,
CHRIST SUPERIOR TO AARON. (Hebrews 5:5-7) The central design of the Holy Spirit in this Epistle needs to be kept steadily before the mind of the reader: that design was to prove the superiority of Ch...
So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. GLORIFIED NOT HIMSELF - did not assume the glory of the pri...
1 The chief priest in Israel was able to sympathize with the human frailties of the people because he himself had the same, and sinned, like the rest. But Christ's sufferings, unspeakably more trying...
5:5 thee. (a-30) See Psalms 2:7 ....
HUMAN BROTHERHOOD AND DIVINE APPOINTMENT The High Priesthood of Christ. The argument now resolves itself into a discussion of Christ's priesthood in comparison with the Levitical priesthood, which is...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 5 RULES FOR THE CHIEF PRIEST 5:1-4 V1 All chief priests are *human. They act as agents between other *humans and God. The chief priest ha...
CHRIST. — Better, _the Christ_ (See Hebrews 3:14.) It is important to note that in passages of the Pentateuch where the high priest receives a special designation (usually “the priest” is sufficiently...
CHAPTER IV. THE GREAT HIGH-PRIEST. "Having then a great High-priest, Who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we have not a high-priest that ca...
οὕτω καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς.… “So even the Christ glorified not himself to be made a high priest.” [“So hat auch der Christus nicht sich selbst die Herrlichkeit des Hohenpriestertums zugeeignet,” Weizsäcker.]...
OUR DIVINELY APPOINTED HIGH PRIEST Hebrews 5:1 Having to act for men, our High Priest must be man, acquainted with human conditions; having to do with God, he must be appointed by God. Is there one...
The writer proceeded with the same argument as he instituted a contrast. The two essential qualifications of a priest are capacity for sympathy, and the vocation of God. These are perfectly fulfilled...
JESUS, A PRIEST AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK Unlike one who might usurp authority, Jesus did not assume any honors (Hebrews 5:5). Rather, God bestowed the honor upon Him when He raised Him from the...
_So also Christ, as man, did not glorify himself, by assuming this dignity of high priest, but had it conferred upon him by the divine decrees of his eternal Father, who said to him: Thou art my Son,...
(1) For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: (2) Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and o...
The epistle to the Hebrews differs in some important respects from all those which have been before us; so much so that many have questioned whether it be the writing of the apostle Paul, of Apollos,...
5._Thou art my Son, etc. _This passage may seem to be farfetched; for though Christ was begotten of God the Father, he was not on this account made also a priest. But if we consider the end for which...
The epistle then develops the priesthood of the Lord Jesus, comparing it with that of Aaron; but, as we shall see, with a view to bring out the difference rather than the resemblance between them, alt...
SO ALSO CHRIST GLORIFIED NOT HIMSELF TO BE MADE AN HIGH PRIEST,.... It was a glorifying of Christ, to make him an high priest; not as God, for as such no addition can be made to his glory; yea, it was...
The description of a high priest according to the law, with respect, 1. Unto his _nature;_ 2. His _employment, Hebrews 5:1_; 3. His _qualification, Hebrews 5:2_; 4. His especial _duty,_ with r...
So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. Ver. 5. _Glorified not himself_] As the pope doth, who will ne...
HEB. 5:5-6. SO ALSO CHRIST GLORIFIED NOT HIMSELF TO BE MADE A HIGH PRIEST; BUT HE THAT SAID UNTO HIM, THOU ARE MY SON, TO DAY HAVE I BEGOTTEN THEE. AS HE SAITH ALSO IN ANOTHER (PLACE), THOU (ART) A P...
_And no man_ Who has any regard to duty or safety; _taketh this honour_ This awful office, attended with a high degree of responsibility; _unto himself, but he_ only _that is called of God_ to it; _as...
HE THAT SAID; God the Father, who appointed his Son Jesus Christ to be our High-priest. THOU ART MY SON; PSALMS 2:7. The sonship of Christ is here considered as including his priesthood. Chap Hebrews...
"For every High Priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins." The apostle of course refers to the priesthood of Aa...
1-10 The High Priest must be a man, a partaker of our nature. This shows that man had sinned. For God would not suffer sinful man to come to him alone. But every one is welcome to God, that comes to...
The Spirit now draws the parallel, and shows, that whatsoever is requisite in God's high priest, is transcendently fulfilled in the Lord Jesus Christ, the infirmities of his types, which were accident...
Tertullian An Answer to the Jews and named the Priest of God the Father unto eternity.[341] Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book II who was not a priest, and yet would exercise the functions of t...
Hebrews 5:5 So G3779 also G2532 Christ G5547 not G3756 glorify G1392 (G5656) Himself G1438 become G1096 ...
Hebrews 5:5. These requisites of the high priests are all found in Christ, and found in Him in such a degree as proves Him to be superior to all others. THUS CHRIST ALSO (as well as others) GLORIFIED...
SO CHRIST ALSO (ουτως κα ο Χριστος). Just as with Aaron. Jesus had divine appointment as high priest also.TO BE MADE (γενηθηνα). First aorist passive infinitive of γινομα.HIGH PRIEST (αρχιερεα)...
Hebrews 5:1 Christ, as Son of man, called and perfected to be our High Priest. I. The Jewish priesthood suffered from two essential defects, and was thus only a type and shadow of our Lord. (1) In th...
Hebrews 5:1. _For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:_ Notice that the high priests were take...
Hebrews 5:1. For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: who can have compassion on the ignorant,...
Hebrews 5:1. _For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:_ The high priest of old was «taken from...
CONTENTS: Christ, our Great High Priest after the order of Melchisedec. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Aaron, Melchisedec. CONCLUSION: God was pleased to take One from among men, His only begotten Son, who...
Hebrews 5:1. _Every highpriest taken from among men is ordained for men._ He is to officiate in all the hallowed services of the sanctuary, to offer the mincha, or oblations and gifts of thanksgiving,...
CHRIST DID NOT TAKE UPON HIMSELF. "In the gospel church, no one appoints himself High Priest. God appointed Christ, just as he had appointed Aaron." GOD SAID TO HIM. The quotation is Psalms 2:7. The _...
_No man taketh this honour unto himself._ THE MINISTERIAL CALLING FROM GOD A calling is most requisite in all things we take in hand, especially in the ministry. Who will meddle with the sheep of a...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 5:5 God the Father APPOINTED Jesus to be HIGH PRIEST (see vv. Hebrews 5:1,...
CHARACTER-FITNESS FOR HIGH-PRIESTLY WORK _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ THE writer now fixes attention on the high-priesthood, shows what are its characteristic and essential features, and makes co...
EXPOSITION THE PRIESTHOOD OF CHRIST. The purpose of the first part of this chapter (Hebrews 5:1) is to corroborate the position arrived at in the conclusion of Hebrews 4:1., viz. that we _have _in Ch...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Hebrews 5 At the end of chapter 4, the author of Hebrews introduced the idea of Jesus being our great High Priest. "Seeing then that we have a great high priest, tha...
Acts 13:33; Hebrews 1:5; John 3:16; John 7:18; John 8:54;...
Did not glorify himself to be made high priest. jEdoxasen glorified is general, and is more specifically defined by genhqhnai ajrcierea to be made high priest. But he that said unto him, Thou art my S...
So also Christ glorified not himself to be an high priest — That is, did not take this honour to himself, but received it from him who said, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee — Not, indee...