Hebrews 7:23 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 7:23

Now there have been many other priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office.

BSB

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ASV

And they indeed have been made priests many in number, because that by death they are hindered from continuing:

KJV

And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And they truly were many priests,.... There were many common priests at a time; and though there was but one high priest at a time, yet there were many of them in a line of succession from Aaron down to the apostle's time.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And they truly - Under the Jewish dispensation. The object of this verse and the following is, to state one more reason of the excellence of the priesthood of Christ. It is, that owing to the frailty of human nature, and the shortness of life, the office of priest there was continually changing. But here there was no such change. Christ, being exalted to the heavens to live forever there, has now an unchangeable priesthood, and everything in regard to his office is permanent.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Christ dies not, and so hath a priesthood which passes not from one to another. were--Greek, "are made." many--one after another; opposed to His "unchangeable (that does not pass from one to another) priesthood" (Heb 7:24). not suffered to continue--Greek, "hindered from permanently continuing," namely, in the priesthood.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
μὲν	men	indeed	G3303 →
πλείονές	pleiones	many	G4119 →
εἰσιν	eisin	are	G1510 →
γεγονότες	gegonotes	having become	G1096 →
ἱερεῖς	hi'ereis	priests	G2409 →
διὰ	dia	because of	G1223 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
θανάτῳ	thanatō	by death	G2288 →
κωλύεσθαι	kōluesthai	being prevented from	G2967 →
παραμένειν·	paramenein	continuing;	G3887 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 7:8
In the case of the Levites, mortal men collect the tenth; but in the case of Melchizedek, it is affirmed that he lives on.
leads to
- Hebrews 6:20
  where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
- Hebrews 5:6
  And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- Revelation 1:18
  the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
- John 14:19
  In a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live.
- Hebrews 9:24–25
  For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Hebrews

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Hebrews