Hebrews 7:14

Hebrews 7:14. For (the proof of the statement of Hebrews 7:13) it is evident (plain to all, an adjective found only in Paul, 1 Timothy 5:24; for proof that it is evident, see the passages in the margin above) that our Lord hath sprung as a branch out of the root of Jesse, a common rendering of the Hebrew word, Jeremiah 23:5; Zechariah 4:2; or as the sun or the star rises (Numbers 22:17; compare Isaiah 60:1 and Matthew 4:2). Both meanings of the word ‘hath sprung' are scriptural. Christ is said to ‘spring up' in both senses. Here the former is the more probable, as the language of Isaiah, chap, 11, seems to have been in the mind of the writer.

Out of Judah, with respect to which Hoses spake nothing concerning priests, nothing to imply that priests should arise out of that tribe.

Our Lord. This is the only place in Scripture where this name ‘Our Lord,' now so familiar, is applied to Christ without the addition of His proper name Jesus, or His official name Christ. ‘The Lord' is frequent.