Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And inasmuch as it is not without the taking of an oath
WEB
And none of this happened without an oath. For others became priests without an oath,
YLT
And inasmuch as it is not apart from oath, (for those indeed apart from oath are become priests,
DBT
And by how much [it was] not without the swearing of an oath;
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New TestamentHebrews — The NT's most sustained Old-Testament argument — an extended demonstration that Jesus is ‘better than’ every institution Judaism knew. Priesthood, covenant, tabernacle, sacrifice: all fulfilled in one great high priest.
- Author
- Unknown — the book itself does not name its author. Traditional attribution is Pauline (Clement of Alexandria, Origen, much of the Eastern church); Luther proposed Apollos; Tertullian preferred Barnabas; Harnack proposed Priscilla. Site does not adjudicate
- Date
- Mid-to-late 1st century AD, almost certainly before AD 70 (the book argues against the ongoing Temple liturgy as if the Temple still stands)