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Hebrews 7:16 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 7 · verse 16
Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.Hebrews 7:16 · King James Version
Hebrews 7:16 in context
14For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
15And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
16Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
17For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
18For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- commandmententolēan order, command, charge, precept, injunction, that which is prescribed to one by reason…G1785 →
- endlessakatalytosindissoluble, not subject to destructionG179 →
- carnalsarkikosfleshly, carnal, having the nature of fleshG4559 →
- afterkatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
- powerdynamisstrength power, ability, inherent power, power residing in a thing by virtue of its…G1411 →
- madeginomaito becomeG1096 →
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Observe the necessity there was of raising up another priest, after the order of Melchisedec and not after the order of Aaron, by whom that perfection should come which could not come by the Levitical priesthood, which therefore must be changed, and the whole economy with it, Heb 7:11, Heb 7:12, etc. Here, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-28