6 as also in another `place' He saith, `Thou `art' a priest -- to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;'
Jehovah hath sworn, and doth not repent, `Thou `art' a priest to the age, According to the order of Melchizedek.'
for He doth testify -- `Thou `art' a priest -- to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;'
having been addressed by God a chief priest, according to the order of Melchisedek,
whither a forerunner for us did enter -- Jesus, after the order of Melchisedek chief priest having become -- to the age.
without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, and being made like to the Son of God, doth remain a priest continually.
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Commentary on Hebrews 5 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 5
In this chapter the apostle continues his discourse upon the priesthood of Christ, a sweet subject, which he would not too soon dismiss. And here,
Hbr 5:1-9
We have here an account of the nature of the priestly office in general, though with an accommodation to the Lord Jesus Christ. We are told,
Hbr 5:10-14
Here the apostle returns to what he had in v. 6 cited out of Ps. 110, concerning the peculiar order of the priesthood of Christ, that is, the order of Melchisedec. And here,