Hebrews 7:15 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 7:15

And this point is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears,

BSB

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ASV

And what we say is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there ariseth another priest,

KJV

And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

And it is yet far more evident - Not that our Lord would spring out of Judah, but the point which he was endeavoring to establish that there must be a change of the priesthood, was rendered still more evident from another consideration.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Another proof that the law, or economy, is changed, namely, forasmuch as Christ is appointed Priest, "not according to the law of a carnal (that is, a mere outward) commandment," but "according to the power of an indissoluble (so the Greek) life." The hundred tenth Psalm appoints Him "for ever" (Heb 7:17).

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
περισσότερον	perissoteron	more excessive	G4054 →
ἔτι	eti	yet	G2089 →
κατάδηλόν	katadēlon	evident	G2612 →
ἐστιν,	estin	it is,	G1510 →
εἰ	ei	if	G1487 →
κατὰ	kata	according to	G2596 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ὁμοιότητα	homoiotēta	likeness	G3665 →
Μελχισέδεκ	Melchisedek	of Melchizedek	G3198 →
ἀνίσταται	anistatai	arises	G450 →
ἱερεὺς	hi'ereus	a priest	G2409 →
ἕτερος,	heteros	another,	G2087 →

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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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
Psalms 110:4
The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
leads to
- Hebrews 7:17
  For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Hebrews 5:6
  And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- Hebrews 7:21
  but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”
- Genesis 14:18
  Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High—
- Hebrews 6:20
  where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
Through
Hebrews 7:11
Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of…
leads to
- Hebrews 8:7
  For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.
- Galatians 2:21
  I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.
Through
Hebrews 7:3
Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.
leads to
- Exodus 6:20–27
  And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.

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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