Hebrews 7:16
who is made, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life; for he testifies,
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
In Context
15And it is yet far more evident, if, after the likeness of Melchisedec, there arises another priest,
17Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchisedec.
Cross References
Galatians 4:3So, also, we, when we were minors, were in bondage under the rudiments of the world.
Colossians 2:14having blotted out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us, which was opposed to us, he also took it out of the way, driving a nail through it by means of his cross;
Hebrews 7:3without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life, but being made to resemble the Son of God, remains a priest forever.
Hebrews 7:21(for those priests were made such without an oath, but this one with an oath, by him that said to him, The Lord swore, and will not repent, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchisedec;)
Hebrews 7:28For the law makes men high priests, who have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was after the law, makes the Son, who is perfected forever.
Hebrews 10:1For the law, having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never, with the same sacrifices, which they offer year by year continually, make a perfect expiation for those who come to them:
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 7:12-28
Melchisedec and Christ Compared. ( a. d. 62.) 11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? 12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law. 13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar. 14 For it is evident that… Read the whole commentary →