inasmuch as not without an oath This is the sixth point of superiority. He has lingered at much greater length over the fifth than over the others, from the extreme importance of the argument which it incidentally involved. The oath on which the Melchisedek Priesthood was founded is that of Psalms 110:4. The word used for "oath" is not the common word horkos(as in Hebrews 6:17), but the more sonorous horkomosia.
Verse 20. _NOT WITHOUT AN OATH_] "The apostle's reasoning here is founded on this, that God never interposed his _oath_, except to show the _certainty_ and _immutability_ of the thing sworn. Thus he...
AND INASMUCH AS NOT WITHOUT AN OATH - In addition to every other consideration showing the superiority of Christ as a priest, there was the solemnity of the oath by which he was set apart to the offic...
CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The priesthood of Melchisedec in contrast with the Levitical priesthood (Hebrews 7:1)_ 2. The holy and heavenly priesthood of Christ (Hebrews 7:20) Hebrews 7:1 The interrupted argume...
THE MELCHIZEDEK PRIESTHOOD OF CHRIST. It is shown that Scripture itself makes reference to a type of priesthood which is quite distinct from the Levitical. The nature of this priesthood is set forth ...
A PRIEST AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK (Hebrews 7:1-28) We come now to a passage of such paramount importance for the writer to the Hebrews and in itself so difficult to understand that we must deal...
If, then, the desired effect could have been achieved by the Levitical priesthood--for it was on the basis of it that the people became a people of the law--what further need was there to set up anoth...
INASMUCH AS. Greek. _kath_. (App-104.) _hoson._ OATH. Greek. _horkomosia._ Only here and verses: Hebrews 7:21; Hebrews 7:28. Compare Hebrews 6:16;...
CH. 7. CHRIST, AS AN ETERNAL HIGH PRIEST AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHISEDEK, IS SUPERIOR TO THE LEVITIC HIGH PRIEST Historic reference to Melchisedek (1–3). His Priesthood typically superior to that of Aa...
ΚΑΘʼ ὍΣΟΝ ΟΥ̓ ΧΩΡῚΣ ὉΡΚΩΜΟΣΊΑΣ. This is the SIXTH point of superiority. He has lingered at much greater length over the FIFTH than over the others, from the extreme importance of the argument which it...
BECAUSE IT WAS FOUNDED ON THE SWEARING OF AN OATH...
_A PRIESTHOOD SUPERIOR TO AARON'S -- HEBREWS 7:20-24:_ The writer continues to press the subject of the excellency of the priesthood of Christ. In addition to every other consideration showing the sup...
ΚΑΘ' ΌΣΟΝ (G2596; G3745) согласно, насколько, поскольку, ΟΡΚΩΜΟΣΊΑ (G3728) клятва, ΕΊΣΊΝ... ΓΕΓΟΝΌΤΕΣ. _Perf. act. part. от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) используется в perf. _act._ перифр. обороте. Перифраза о...
AND IN AS MUCH, &C.— The apostle produces here another argument to prove the superior excellence of the new covenant above the law of Moses; or rather, the superior dignity of the priesthood of Christ...
B. _He is a priest made with an path. Hebrews 7:20-22_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 7:20-22 Hebrews 7:20 And inasmuch as it is not without the taking of an oath...
JUDAISM SET ASIDE (Hebrews 7:20-24) It may be well for us to recall the principal design of the apostle in this section of his epistle. This was twofold; first, to demonstrate that the great High Pri...
And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest: Another superiority of Christ's Melchisedek-like priesthood: the oath of God gave a solemn weight to it which was not in the law-priesthood,...
11 It would be very difficult for the Hebrews to acknowledge the failure of the Aaronic priesthood. Yet this is distinctly involved in the announcement of a priest after a different order. Had our Lor...
The fact that Jesus was made priest with an oath guarantees that the covenant He mediates is better than the former (in which there was no such oath), and also that it is eternal: cp. Hebrews 6:16....
PRIESTHOOD AFTER THE ORDER OF AARON AND OF MELCHIZEDEK The theme of Christ's superiority to the Levitical priesthood is here resumed. In Hebrews 5:1 it has been shown that Christ possesses all the cha...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 7 JESUS IS SUPERIOR TO MELCHIZEDEK 7:1-28 MELCHIZEDEK 7:1-10 V1 This Melchizedek was king of *Salem and priest of God Most High. He met...
This and the next two verses constitute one sentence, the third verse answering to the first, and Hebrews 7:21 being parenthetical. Hitherto no reference has been made to the remarkable opening of Psa...
CHAPTER VII. THE ALLEGORY OF MELCHIZEDEK. Hebrews 7:1 (R.V.). "For this Melchizedek, King of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed hi...
Another element in the superiority of the covenant established upon the priesthood of Jesus is that in the very manner of the institution of His priesthood it was declared to be permanent. The long pa...
OUR EVER-LIVING AND ALL-SUFFICIENT INTERCESSOR Hebrews 7:11 If, as we saw in our last reading, the Levitical priests have been superseded, clearly the whole order of things-that is, the Mosaic covena...
The writer now takes up again the subject of the Priesthood of Jesus after the order of Melchisedek. Melchisedek is called "Priest of the Most High." His name means king of righteousness. He is called...
THE IMPERFECTIONS OF LEVI'S PRIESTHOOD If the end of God's plan for the redemption of man was to come under the Levitical priesthood, there would not have been a need for another priest of the order o...
(10) And inasmuch as not without an oath [he was made priest]: (10) Another argument, by which he proves that the priesthood of Christ is better than the priesthood of Levi, because his was establish...
The old law was good in itself, being established by God, who does noting in vain; but it was weak and imperfect, and the shadow and figure of that which was to come. It was preparatory to a more perf...
(11) If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchizedek, a...
The apostle now resumes his great theme, Christ called a Priest of God for ever after the order of Melchisedec. He alludes, in the beginning of our chapter, to the historical facts of Genesis. We must...
20._And inasmuch as not without an oath, etc. _Here is another argument, why the Law ought to give place to the Gospel; for God has set Christ’s priesthood above that of Aaron, since in honor to the f...
The epistle, returning to the subject of Melchizedec, reviews therefore the dignity of his person and the importance of his priesthood. For on priesthood, as a means of drawing nigh to God, the whole...
AND INASMUCH AS NOT WITHOUT AN OATH,.... Our version supplies as follows, HE WAS MADE PRIEST; which well agrees with what is said in the next verse; the Syriac version renders it, "and which he confi...
The apostle had warned the Hebrews before, that he had “many things to say,” and those “not easy to be understood,” concerning Melchisedec. And herein he intended not only those things which he expres...
And inasmuch as not without an oath _he was made priest_ : Ver. 20. _Not without an oath_] A singular confirmation: what a monstrous sin then is unbelief!...
Heb. 7:20-24. And inasmuch as not without an oath (he was made priest); (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repen...
_And inasmuch as_, &c. Here is another argument from the words of the psalmist, to prove the appointment of a new priesthood, the removal of the old, and the superior excellence of the new to the old;...
Still another argument to show the superiority of Christ's priesthood to that of Aaron and his sons: He was made priest with an oath, they without an oath. The added solemnity of the oath shows the su...
AND INASMUCH AS NOT WITHOUT AN OATH HE WAS MADE PRIEST,...
The oath of God a guarantee of the superiority of Christ's priesthood:...
"For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him: to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all: first bein...
11-25 The priesthood and law by which perfection could not come, are done away; a Priest is risen, and a dispensation now set up, by which true believers may be made perfect. That there is such a cha...
OLBGrk; This is a further proof of the excellency of Christ's priesthood above Aaron s, taken from his constitution in it by oath. He who is made a priest by oath, is a better and a greater priest tha...
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Hebrews 7:20-22. A third argument is now introduced. The oath which God sware in making His Son Priest gives to His office higher sanctions. AND INASMUCH AS (it is) NOT WITHOUT AN OATH; rather A sim...
WITHOUT THE TAKING OF AN OATH (χωρις ορκωμοσιας). As in Psalms 110:4....
Hebrews 7:15 I. The Apostle announces a great principle in the words, "The law made nothing perfect." There was not a single point in which the law reached the end, for the end of the law is Christ. T...
Hebrews 7:15. And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of...
CONTENTS: Melchisedec as a type Christ. Comparison of Melchisedec and Aaronic priesthoods. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Melchisedec, Abraham, Levi, Aaron, Moses. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ, the true King-P...
Hebrews 7:1. _This Melchizedec,_ to whose illustrious history he now returns, from Hebrews 5:11, was first by name or title king of righteousness, and afterwards _king of Salem,_ that is, king of peac...
THERE IS ALSO GOD'S VOW. "In addition to the _better hope,_ God's vow that made Jesus our High Priest is also proof that the Good News is superior to the Law of Moses." God's vow affirms that he will...
_Our Lord sprang out of Juda_ A NEW PRIESTHOOD 1. Jesus sprang from the royal tribe of Judah, not from the sacerdotal tribe of Levi. The apostle intentionally uses a term that glances at Zechariah’...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 7:1 This chapter discusses Melchizedek (vv. Hebrews 7:1), highlighting points later applied to Jesus (vv....
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 7:20 God did not promise that the Levitical priesthood would last forever, but the priesthood of Jesus rests securely on God’s promise/oath in Psalms 110:4 (see...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 7:18. DISANNULLING.—Setting aside from its active place and work, as that which has had its day, and is no longer efficient. It had to be superseded. A stronger...
EXPOSITION THE PRIEST AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK. The exposition of Christ's heavenly priesthood is now at length taken up and carried out. It extends to Hebrews 10:19, forming the central part o...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Hebrews, the seventh chapter. In the book of Genesis, after Abraham and Lot had parted company, there was a confederation of five kings that conquered in the area wh...
Not without an oath [ο υ χ ω ρ ι ς ο ρ κ ω μ ο σ ι α ς]. The A. V. is, on the whole, better than Rev. by inserting he was made priest. JOrkwmosia only in Hebrews. In LXX see Ezekiel 17:18; Ezekiel 1;...
OUR GREAT HIGH PRIEST Hebrews 7:1 _and Hebrews 8:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS Christ was God's Priest after the order of Melchisedec. "The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a Priest for ever after...
And — The greater solemnity wherewith he was made priest, farther proves the superior excellency of his priesthood....
Our apostle has not yet done with his several arguments to prove the transcendent excellency of Christ's priesthood above that of Aaron's: His argument in the verses now before us lies thus: he that i...