Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Hebrews 5:6
As he saith also in another [place], Thou [art] a priest for ever after the (f) order of Melchisedec.
(f) After the likeness or manner as it is later declared.
As he saith also in another [place], Thou [art] a priest for ever after the (f) order of Melchisedec.
(f) After the likeness or manner as it is later declared.
Verse Hebrews 5:6. _HE SAITH ALSO IN ANOTHER PLACE_] That is, in Psalms 110:4, a psalm of extraordinary importance, containing a very striking prediction of the birth, preaching, suffering, death, an...
AS HE SAITH ALSO IN ANOTHER PLACE - Psalms 110:4. “Thou art a priest forever.” It is evident here that the apostle means to be understood as saying that the Psalm referred to Christ, and this is one o...
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...
ALSO, &C. = in another _pla_ ce also. ANOTHER. Greek. _heteros._ App-124. PRIEST. Greek. _hiereus._ FOR EVER. App-151. a. i.e. for the (coming) age, the Messianic reign. The priesthood ends when He...
_in another place_ Psalms 110:4. This Psalm was so universally accepted as Messianic that the Targum of Jonathan paraphrases the first verse of it "The Lord _said to His Word_:" _after the order al-d...
(2) A SPECIAL CALL...
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)...
ἘΝ ἙΤΈΡΩΙ. The phrase is adverbial—“elsewhere.” There is no need to understand τόπῳ. The quotation is from Psalms 110:4. This Psalm was so universally accepted as Messianic that the Targum of Jonathan...
_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...
ΈΝ ΈΤΈΡΩ (G1722; G2087) в другом месте, ΛΈΓΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить. ΤΆΞΙΣ (G5010) ранг, порядок....
AS HE SAITH ALSO IN ANOTHER PLACE,— The explication of this follows in ch. 7. The apostle had quoted from the _second psalm_ in the preceding verse; when therefore it follows, _as he saith also in ano...
C. _Christ's qualifications for the priesthood. Hebrews 5:5-10_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 5:5-10 Hebrews 5:5 So Christ also glorified not Himself to be made a high priest, but He that spake unto Him,
CHRIST SUPERIOR TO AARON. (Hebrews 5:5-7) The central design of the Holy Spirit in this Epistle needs to be kept steadily before the mind of the reader: that design was to prove the superiority of Ch...
As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. He is here called "Priest;" in , "High Priest:" a Priest absolutely, because He stands alone in that He...
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...
5:6 ever (b-14) _ Eis ton aiona_ . 'into the age.' Not _ eis to dienekes_ , as in chs. 7.3; 10.1,12,14; this last is continuing uninterruptedness more than there being no end, though it may so continu...
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...
THOU ART A PRIEST FOR EVER... — On Psalms 110 see the Note on Hebrews 1:13. The fourth verse, here quoted, is the kernel of the Psalm, and supplies the theme for a large portion of this Epistle, espec...
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...
JESUS, A PRIEST AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK Unlike one who might usurp authority, Jesus did not assume any honors (Hebrews 5:5). Rather, God bestowed the honor upon Him when He raised Him from the...
Some may perhaps wonder why St. Paul does not dwell more in this epistle on the eucharistic sacrifice; but until the Hebrews understood the bloody sacrifice on the cross, they could not be supposed to...
As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. I will not detain the Reader with a long observation on what the Holy Ghost hath here said concerning the s...
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,...
6_As he saith in another place, _or, _elsewhere, etc. _Here is expressed more clearly what the Apostle intended. This is a remarkable passage, and indeed the whole Psalm from which it is taken; for th...
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...
AS HE SAITH ALSO IN ANOTHER PLACE,.... Or psalm; namely, in Psalms 110:4 that is, the same person, even God the Father; who spake the words before cited, also expressed the following: THOU ART A PRI...
The next verse gives us a further confirmation of the call of Christ unto his office, by another testimony, taken from Psalms 110:4. And much time, with diligence, would be needful to the explanation...
As he saith also in another _place_, Thou _art_ a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. Ver. 6. _Thou art a high priest, &c._] The former proof was not so evident; but this puts the matter...
HEB. 5:5-6. SO ALSO CHRIST GLORIFIED NOT HIMSELF TO BE MADE A HIGH PRIEST; BUT HE THAT SAID UNTO HIM, THOU ARE MY SON, TO DAY HAVE I BEGOTTEN THEE. AS HE SAITH ALSO IN ANOTHER (PLACE), THOU (ART) A P...
_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...
ANOTHER PLACE; PSALMS 110:4. The Old Testament is so constructed that the fulness of its meaning is seen only in the light of the New; and both must be taken together in order to have the fullest unde...
AS HE SAITH ALSO IN ANOTHER PLACE, THOU ART A PRIEST FOREVER AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK....
THE PERFECT SALVATION EARNED BY CHRIST:...
"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...
AS HE SAITH ALSO IN ANOTHER PLACE, THOU ART A PRIEST FOR EVER: the Spirit proves his call and investiture into this office, its confirmation to him for ever, by another testimony of the Father about i...
Hebrews 5:6 As G2531 also G2532 says G3004 (G5719) in G1722 another G2087 You G4771 priest G2409 forever...
Hebrews 5:6. Then follows a correction (according to the second of the above interpretations), or an assertion in plainer terms (according to the first) of this appointment. EVEN AS ALSO HE SAITH IN...
IN ANOTHER PLACE (εν ετερω). That is Psalms 110:4. It is this crucial passage by which the author will prove the superiority of Jesus to Aaron as high priest. Only the word priest (ιερευς) occurs he...
MELCHISEDEC (_ See Scofield) - (Genesis 14:18). _ Melchisedec was a suitable type of Christ as High Priest, because: (1) he was a king-priest (Genesis 14:18); (Zechariah 6:12); ...
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:_ The high priest of old was «taken from...
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,...
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,...
HE ALSO SAID. "As God has called Christ to be High Priest, he also says that Christ will not be a priest like Aaron, but like Melchizedek." The quotation is from Psalms 110:4. MELCHIZEDEK. The priesth...
_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 5:5 God the Father APPOINTED Jesus to be HIGH PRIEST (see vv. Hebrews 5:1,...
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...
Genesis 14:18; Genesis 14:19; Hebrews 5:10; Hebrews 6:20; Hebrews 7:15
Thou art a priest forever, etc. According to this verse Christ is prophetically pointed out in Psalms 110 as an eternal priest, independent of fleshly descent, a king, and superior in dignity to the L...
Psalms 110:4....