What does Hebrews 7:21 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"(For those priests were made withoutb an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)"
HEBREWS 7:21 eivj to.n aivw/na {A} On the one hand, the omission of the phrase kata. th.n ta,xin Melcise,dek could be explained if the eye of the scribe wandered from kata, to the kata, that follows...
Verse 21. _THOSE PRIESTS_] The Levitical, _were made without an_ _oath_, to show that the whole system was changeable, and might be abolished. _BUT THIS_] The everlasting priesthood of Christ, _with...
FOR THOSE PRIESTS WERE MADE WITHOUT AN OATH - The Levitical priests were set apart and consecrated without their office being confirmed to them by an oath on the part of God. They received it by regul...
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...
LORD. App-98. REPENT. Greek. _metamelomai._ App-111....
_those priests were made without an oath_ Lit., "these men have been made priests without an oath....
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 A...
_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...
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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 Hebrews 7:21 (for they indeed have been made pri...
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...
(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 repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:) Greek...
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...
7:21 him, (g-26) Or 'to him.' ....
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 ch...
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...
FOR THOSE PRIESTS. — Rather, _For they indeed have been made priests without an oath._ BY HIM THAT SAID UNTO HIM. — Better, _by_ (or, _through_)_ Him that saith of Him._ The last five words of the ve...
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 coven...
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 wi...
(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...
_THE PRIESTHOOD AND THE OATH_ ‘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 repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the o...
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...
FOR THESE PRIESTS WERE MADE WITHOUT AN OATH,.... The priests of the tribe of Levi, and of the order of Aaron, were installed into their office, and invested with it, without an oath; no mention is mad...
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...
(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 repent, Thou _art_ a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec) Ver. 21...
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...
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...
WITHOUT AN OATH: Or, without swearing of an oath...
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...
FOR THOSE PRIESTS WERE MADE WITHOUT AN OATH; those priests of Aaron's order were selected, instituted, consecrated, without any oath mentioned by Moses, who did all exactly as the Lord commanded him,...
Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book V For also our Father, on beholding the Good One, and on being initiated with Him, preserved the mysteries respecting which silence is enjoined, and sware,...
Hebrews 7:21 for G1063 become G3303 G1526 (G5748) G1096 (G5756) priests G2409 without G5565 oath G3728 but G1161 with G3326 oath G3728 by G1223 said G3004 (G5723) to G4314 Him G846 LORD G2962 sworn G3...
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...
HAVE BEEN MADE (εισιν γεγονοτες). Periphrastic perfect active indicative of γινομα (perfect active participle of γινομα) and then εισιν. The parenthesis runs from ο μεν γαρ (for they) to εις τον αι...
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....
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-...
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...
BY MEANS OF A VOW. "This means that an unchangeable priesthood has been conferred on Jesus our Lord!" The quotation is Psalms 110:4....
_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 7:11). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img...
_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 stronge...
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...
Hebrews 6:16; Hebrews 7:17; Psalms 110:4...
For those priests were made [ο ι μ ε ν γ α ρ - ε ι σ ι ν ι ε ρ ε ι ς γ ε γ ο ν ο τ ε ς]. Rend. for they have been made priests. Lit. are priests, having become such. Without an oath. Without the taki...
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...
The Lord sware and will not repent — Hence also it appears, that his is an unchangeable priesthood....