Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Hebrews 5:4
But he that is called. — The true reading requires, when he is called. “Not unto himself doth any man take the honour, but when...”
But he that is called. — The true reading requires, when he is called. “Not unto himself doth any man take the honour, but when...”
Verse Hebrews 5:4. _THIS HONOUR_] τηντιμην undoubtedly signifies here _the_ _office_, which is one meaning of the word in the best Greek writers. It is here an _honourable office_, because the man is...
AND NO MAN TAKETH THIS HONOR TO HIMSELF - No one has a right to enter on this office unless he has the qualifications which God has prescribed. There were fixed and definite laws in regard to the succ...
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...
NO MAN. not (Greek. _ou)_ any (Greek. _tis)_ one. UNTO. to. HE THAT IS. The texts omit. CALLED. when called. AS, &C. = even as Aaron also was. Compare Exodus 28:1.Numbers 3:10. and contrast...
_this honour_ i.e. this honourable office. We have here the second Qualification for Priesthood. A man's own caprice must not be the Bishop which ordains him. He must be conscious of a divine call. _b...
(2) A SPECIAL CALL...
ΚΑΛΟΎΜΕΝΟΣ. The ὁ κ. of the rec. is only in C2L, and furnishes no true antithesis to the οὐχ ἑαυτῷ. ΚΑΘΏΣΠΕΡ. The MSS. also have καθώς and καθάπερ. The author probably preferred the rarer and more so...
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)...
_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...
ΤΙΜΉ (G5092) честь. Это слово использует Иосиф Флавий для описания почетной должности первосвященника (Josephus, Ant., 3:188; Michel), ΚΑΛΟΎΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. pass. part. от_ ΚΑΛΈΩ (G2564) звать, ΚΑΘΏΣΠΕ...
BUT HE THAT IS CALLED OF GOD,— _Called of God_ means a particular designation or appointment to the dignity of high-priest; such a one as Aaron had, Exodus 30:30. They therefore misapply this text, wh...
B. _The office of the priesthood. Hebrews 5:1-4_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 5:1-4 Hebrews 5:1 For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may o...
CHRIST SUPERIOR TO AARON. (Hebrews 5:1-4). We are now to enter upon the longest section of our Epistle (Hebrews 5:1), and a section which is, from the doctrinal and practical viewpoints, perhaps the...
And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron. NO MAN - of any family but Aaron's, according to the Mosaic law, can take the high priesthood. BUT HE THAT...
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...
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...
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...
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...
THE PRIESTS UNDER THE LAW OF MOSES High Priests were set up by God for man's benefit. God did not need anyone to sacrifice and make offerings for His sins, since He had none. However, He, out of love...
(3) And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as [was] Aaron. (3) The third comparison which is complete: The others are called by God and so was Christ, but in anothe...
See in 3 Kings xiii.; 2 Paralipomenon xxvi.; and 1 Kings xiii. the manifest punishments of the Almighty on laics that impiously and sacrilegiously attempted the ministry of priests. In the Christian d...
(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,...
4._And no man, etc. _There is to be noticed in this verse partly a likeness and partly a difference. What makes an office lawful is the call of God; so that no one can rightly and orderly perform it w...
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...
AND NO MAN TAKETH THIS HONOUR TO HIMSELF,.... That is, the honour of the priesthood: the office of the high priest was a very honourable one; it was a peculiar honour to Aaron, and his sons, to be sep...
The foregoing verses declare the _personal qualifications_ of a high priest. But these alone are not sufficient actually to invest any one with that office; it is required, moreover, that he be lawful...
And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as _was_ Aaron. Ver. 4. _And no man taketh, &c._] Or if he do, he shall smoke and smart for it, as did Nadab and Abihu, Uzzah...
HEB. 5:1-4. 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,...
_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...
THIS HONOR; of being a priest under the law of Moses, and offering sacrifices....
THE AUTHORITY OF CHRIST, OUR HIGH PRIEST. Christ competent to be our High Priest:...
AND NO MAN TAKETH THIS HONOR UNTO HIMSELF BUT HE THAT IS CALLED OF GOD, AS WAS AARON. The last paragraph of chapter 4 serves as an introduction to a long discourse on Christ's office as our High Pries...
"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...
This connecteth the last thing describing the typical Levitical priesthood, their call to it. AND NO MAN TAKETH THIS HONOUR UNTO HIMSELF; not any person whatsoever hath or can lawfully take to himself...
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book III Neither do we permit the laity to perform any of the offices belonging to the priesthood; as, for instance, neither the sacrifice, nor baptism, nor the lay...
Hebrews 5:4 And G2532 no G3756 man G5100 takes G2983 (G5719) honor G5092 himself G1438 but G235 called...
Hebrews 5:4. A priest, moreover, who is God's agent as well as man's, has his appointment not from himself nor from man, but from God. AND NONE TAKETH THIS HONOUR (_the office,_ as the word frequentl...
TAKETH THE HONOUR UNTO HIMSELF (εαυτω λαμβανε την τιμην). Dative case of personal interest (εαυτω). The priest was called of God. This is the ideal and was true of Aaron. The modern minister is not...
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,...
NO ONE CHOOSES FOR HIMSELF. "To apply these things to Jesus, notice first that no high priest chooses himself. God chooses him, just as He chose Aaron." See Exodus 28:1; Leviticus 8:2-5....
_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 5:1 HE CAN DEAL GENTLY. High priests were human and understood human weakness. They presented SACRIFICES FOR SINS for others and for themselves. Jesus, however, is the perfect...
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...
1 Chronicles 23:13; 2 Chronicles 26:18; Exodus 28:1; John 3:27;...
The high priest must be divinely called. One thus compassed with infirmity would shrink from such an office unless called to it by God. He that is called [κ α λ ο υ μ ε ν ο ς]. The A. V. follows T. R....
The apostle begins here to treat of the priesthood of Christ. The sum of what he observes concerning it is, Whatever is excellent in the Levitical priesthood is in Christ, and in a more eminent manner...
The foregoing verses declare the personal qualifications of the High Priest; here we have his call and commission to theis office and function: The former made him meet for it, the latter gave him rig...