Hebrews 7:26 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 7:26

Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

BSB

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ASV

For such a high priest became us, holy, guileless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

KJV

For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

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Commentary

3 voices

Tertullian

On Modesty (220)

For to this end had He come, that, being Himself pure from sin, and in all respects holy, He might undergo death on behalf of sinners.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Such a high priest became us - Such a high priest was in every respect suitable to us, every way qualified to accomplish the end for which he came into the world. There is probably here an allusion to the qualifications of the Jewish high priest: - 1. He was required to be holy, ὁσιος, answering to the Hebrew חסיד chasid, merciful. Holiness was his calling; and, as he was the representative of his brethren, he was required to be merciful and compassionate.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Though justifying through faith the ungodly, He hath no contact with them as such. He is lifted above our sinful community, being "made higher than the heavens," at the same time that He makes believers as such (not as sinners), "to sit together (with Him) in heavenly places" (Eph 2:6). Just as Moses on the mount was separated from and above the people, and alone with God.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Τοιοῦτος	Toioutos	Such	G5108 →
γὰρ	gar	indeed	G1063 →
ἡμῖν	hēmin	for us	G3165 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
ἔπρεπεν	eprepen	was fitting	G4241 →
ἀρχιερεύς,	archiereus	a high priest,	G749 →
ὅσιος,	hosios	holy,	G3741 →
ἄκακος,	akakos	innocent,	G172 →
ἀμίαντος,	amiantos	undefiled,	G283 →
κεχωρισμένος	kechōrismenos	separated	G5563 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
τῶν	tōn	<the>	G3588 →
ἁμαρτωλῶν,	hamartōlōn	sinners,	G268 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὑψηλότερος	hupsēloteros	higher	G5308 →
τῶν	tōn	than the	G3588 →
οὐρανῶν	ouranōn	heavens	G3772 →
γενόμενος·	genomenos	having become;	G1096 →

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

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Through
2 Corinthians 5:21
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
leads to
- 1 Peter 3:18
  For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Peter 2:22–24
  “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
- Romans 5:19
  For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
- Galatians 3:13
  Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
- 1 Corinthians 1:30
  It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
Through
1 John 2:2
He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
leads to
- 1 John 4:14
  And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
- 1 John 4:10
  And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Through
1 Peter 2:22
“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
leads to
- Isaiah 53:9
  He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.

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01Commentary

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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