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Hebrews 7:23 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 7 · verse 23
And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:Hebrews 7:23 · King James Version
Hebrews 7:23 in context
21(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:)
22By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
23And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
24But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
25Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sufferedkōlyōto hinder, prevent forbid, to withhold a thing from anyone, to deny or refuse one a thingG2967 →
- continueparamenōto remain beside, continue always near, to survive, remain aliveG3887 →
- priestshiereusa priest, one who offers sacrifices and in general in busied with sacred rites, referring…G2409 →
- trulymentruly, certainly, surely, indeedG3303 →
- manypleiōngreater in quantity, the more part, very many, greater in quality, superior, more…G4119 →
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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