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Hebrews · chapter 5 · verse 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:Hebrews 5:1 · King James Version
Hebrews 5:1 in context
1For 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:
2Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
3And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
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Key words (Strong's)
- sacrificesthysiaa sacrifice, victimG2378 →
- ordainedkathistēmito set, place, put, to set one over a thing , to appoint one to administer an office, to…G2525 →
- priestarchiereuschief priest, high priest, the high priests, these comprise in addition to one holding…G749 →
- takenlambanōto take, to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it, to…G2983 →
- amongekout of, from, by, away fromG1537 →
- offerprospherōto bring to, lead to, one to a person who can heal him or is ready to show him some…G4374 →
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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, I. Of what kind of beings the high priest must be. He must be taken from among men;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9