Hebrews 7:14

evident "Known to all." The word (prodçlon) occurs in 1 Timothy 5:24-25.

our Lord This is the first time that we find this expression in the N.T. standing alone as a name for Christ. It is from this passage that the designation now so familiar to Christian lips is derived.

sprang Lit., "hath sprung." The verb is used generally of the sun rising(Malachi 4:2; Luke 12:54; 2 Peter 1:19), but also of the springing up of plants (Zechariah 3:8; Zechariah 6:12, &c). Hence the LXX. choose the word Anatolçwhich usually means sunrise, to translate the Messianic title of "the Branch."

out of Juda Genesis 49:10; Isaiah 11:1; Luke 3:33. "The Lion of the tribe of Judah," Revelation 5:5.

concerning priesthood The better reading is "concerning priests." Uzziah, of the tribe of Judah, king though he was, had been punished by lifelong leprosy for usurping the functions of the tribe of Levi.