Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Hebrews 7:23
Verse 23. And they truly were many priests] Under the Mosaic law it was necessary there should be a succession of priests, because, being mortal, they were not suffered to continue always by reason of death.
Verse 23. And they truly were many priests] Under the Mosaic law it was necessary there should be a succession of priests, because, being mortal, they were not suffered to continue always by reason of death.
AND THEY TRULY - Under the Jewish dispensation. The object of this verse and the following is, to state one more reason of the excellence of the priesthood of Christ. It is, that owing to the frailty...
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...
And in so far as it happened with an oath--for the Levitical priests are made priests without an oath, but he with an oath, because scripture says of him, "The Lord swore and will not repent of it, 'Y...
BECAUSE. Greek. _dia_. App-104.Hebrews 7:2. THEY WERE NOT, &C. = of their being hindered from continuing. CONTINUE. Greek. _parameno._ See 1 Corinthians 16:6. BY REASON OF. by. App-104.
_many priests_ Lit., "And they truly have been constituted priests many in number." _they were not suffered to continue by reason of death_ The vacancies caused in their number by the ravages of death...
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...
ΚΑῚ ΟἹ ΜῈΝ Κ.Τ.Λ. “_And they truly have been constituted priests many in number_.” ΘΑΝΆΤΩΙ. The vacancies caused in their number by the ravages of death required to be constantly replenished (Numbers...
23, 24. BECAUSE IT IS INTRANSMISSIBLE, NEVER BEING VACATED BY DEATH...
_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...
ΠΛΕΊΟΝΕΣ _сотр. pl. от_ ΠΟΛΎΣ (G4183) многий, большое количество, не одновременно, но последовательно (EGT). ΕΊΣΊΝ ΓΕΓΟΝΌΤΕΣ (_см._ Hebrews 7:20). ΔΙΆ (G1223) используется с _асс._ при _inf._ для вы...
_HEBREWS 7:23 AND THEY TRULY WERE MANY PRIESTS,_— _And as to those priests, there were many of them established successively, because death prevented their continuance;_ Hebrews 7:24. _But he, eternal...
C. _He is an unchangeable priest. Hebrews 7:23-25_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 7:23-25 Hebrews 7:23 And they indeed have been made priests many in number, because that by death they are hindered
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 they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death: Another superiority: the Levitical priests were many, as death caused the need of continually new on...
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...
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...
WERE MANY PRIESTS. — Rather, _have been made priests many_ (_i.e.,_ in large numbers), _because by death they were prevented from continuing._ (Comp. Hebrews 7:8, where the thought is somewhat similar...
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...
καὶ, as above, Hebrews 7:20, introducing a new element in the argument. οἱ μὲν, as in Hebrews 7:21, the Levitical priests, πλείονες … “have been made priests many in number,” not many at one and the s...
Another ground of the perfectness of the new priesthood is found in the continued life of the priest, who ever lives to make intercession and can therefore save completely, whereas the Levitical pries...
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 SUPERIORITY OF CHRIST'S PRIESTHOOD The Aaronic priesthood was not guaranteed to last forever, since it had no oath. Jesus was made a priest forever by the power of God's oath. A Testament is a wil...
(11) And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death: (11) Another argument for the same purpose. The Levitical priests (as mortal men) could not be ev...
Many priests, &c. The apostle notes this difference between the high priests of the law, and our high priest, Jesus Christ: that they being removed by death, made way for their successors: whereas our...
(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...
23._And they truly, etc. _He had already touched on this comparison; but as the subject deserved more attention, he unfolds it more fully, though the point discussed is different from what it was befo...
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 THEY TRULY WERE MANY PRIESTS,.... There were many common priests at a time; and though there was but one high priest at a time, yet there were many of them in a line of succession from Aaron down...
Καὶ οἱ μὲν πλείονές εἰσι γεγονότες ἱερεῖς, διὰ τὸ θανάτῳ κωλύεσθαι παραμένειν· ὁ δὲ διὰ τὸ μένειν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, ἀπαράβατον ἔχει τὴν ἱερωσύνην· ὅθεν καὶ σώζειν εἰς τὸ παντελὲς δὺναται τοὺς προσε...
And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death: Ver. 23. _By reason of death_] Neither their holiness nor learning could privilege them from death's i...
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 there were many priests_ One after another, because they were hindered by death from continuing in the perpetual execution of their office. _But this man, because he continueth ever_ In life and...
The last argument for the superiority of Christ's priesthood over that of the Levitical priests, after which there is a summing up of the perfections of our great High-priest, Christ Jesus, verses Heb...
Another feature of Christ's priesthood is its eternal continuance:...
AND THEY TRULY WERE MANY PRIESTS BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT SUFFERED TO CONTINUE BY REASON OF DEATH;...
"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...
AND THEY TRULY WERE MANY PRIESTS: this further demonstrates the excellency of Christ's priesthood above the Aaronical for its singularity and self-sufficiency; whereas theirs was, for the multiplicity...
Hebrews 7:23 Also G2532 G3303 were G1526 (G5748) G1096 (G5756) many G4119 priests G2409 prevented...
Hebrews 7:23-25. A fourth argument for the superiority of Christ's priesthood is that the priests under the law were continually removed by death, while Christ is undying. This argument has been touch...
MANY IN NUMBER (πλειονες). Comparative predicate adjective, "more than one," in succession, not simultaneously.BECAUSE THEY ARE HINDERED (δια το κωλυεσθα). Articular infinitive (present passive)...
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 ANOTHER DIFFERENCE. "Still another reason why Jesus is superior to the Levitical priesthood: there had to be many of them, because death would not allow them to continue to serve." There were...
_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 7:23 The MANY Levitical PRIESTS all died. But Jesus is eternal, so he is a greater high priest (see v. Hebrews 7:
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 7:24. CONTINUETH EVER.—A firm assertion of the present living priesthood of Christ. UNCHANGEABLE.—R.V. margin, “hath a priesthood that doth not pass to another...
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...
1 Chronicles 6:3; Hebrews 7:8; Nehemiah 12:10; Nehemiah 12:11...
Were many priests [π λ ε ι ο ν ε ς ε ι σ ι ν γ ε γ ο ν ο τ ε ς ι ε ρ ε ι ς]. Comp. ver. 21 for the construction. Rend. have been made priests many in number. Because they were not suffered to continu...
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...
They were many priests — One after another....
Now our apostle is come to his last argument, by which he proves the excellency of Christ's priesthood above that of Aaron. The Levitical priests, he says, were many and mortal: their mortality was th...