Hebrews 6:20 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 6:20

where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

whither as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

KJV

Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

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Commentary

2 voices

Theodoret of Cyrus

INTERPRETATION OF HEBREWS 6 (458)

He is a high priest forever, not in offering sacrifices (having offered his own body once), but in being a mediator leading the believers to the Father; through him (he says, remember) we both have had access to the Father. The Lord himself says in …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

A forerunner used to be less in dignity than those that are to follow him. But it is not so here; for Christ who is gone before us is infinitely superior to us. What an honour is it to believers, to have so glorious a forerunner, now appearing in the presence of God for them.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Whither the forerunner - The word προδρομος, prodromos, does not merely signify one that goes or runs before another, but also one who shows the way, he who first does a particular thing; also the first fruits. So in the Septuagint, Isa 28:4, προδρομος συκου signifies the first fruits of the fig tree, or the first ripe figs. To this meaning of the word Pliny refers, Hist. Nat., lib. xvi., c.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3102: “The Forerunner” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1908)

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὅπου	hopou	where	G3699 →
πρόδρομος	prodromos	[the] forerunner	G4274 →
ὑπὲρ	huper	for	G5228 →
ἡμῶν	hēmōn	us	G3165 →
εἰσῆλθεν	eisēlthen	has entered	G1525 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
κατὰ	kata	according to	G2596 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
τάξιν	taxin	order	G5010 →
Μελχισέδεκ	Melchisedek	of Melchizedek	G3198 →
ἀρχιερεὺς	archiereus	a high priest	G749 →
γενόμενος	genomenos	having become	G1096 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
αἰῶνα.¶	aiōna	age.	G165 →

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

The walk

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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 4:14
Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.
leads to
- Hebrews 9:24
  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.
- Hebrews 12:2
  Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand…
- Hebrews 9:12
  He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
- Hebrews 10:23
  Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.
Through
Hebrews 5:6
And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
leads to
- Psalms 110:4
  The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
Through
Hebrews 3:1
Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.
leads to
- Philippians 3:14
  I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.
- 2 Timothy 1:9
  He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
- Hebrews 4:14–15
  Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.

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A word the Levitical high priest could never bear. He entered the Holiest alone and on behalf of others; Jesus entered as a forerunner, the first of a company meant to follow him in.

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