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Hebrews 7:17 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 7 · verse 17
For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.Hebrews 7:17 · King James Version
Hebrews 7:17 in context
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.
19For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
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- testifiethmartyreōto be a witness, to bear witnessG3140 →
- testifiethhotithat, because, sinceG3754 →
- priesthiereusa priest, one who offers sacrifices and in general in busied with sacred rites, referring…G2409 →
- afterkatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
- ordertaxisan arranging, arrangement, order, a fixed succession observing a fixed time, due or right…G5010 →
- everaiōnfor ever, an unbroken age, perpetuity of time, eternity, the worlds, universe, period of…G165 →
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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