Hebrews 5:6

As he saith also in another place: Thou art a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchisedech.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

In Context

5So Christ also did not glorify himself, that he might be made a high priest: but he that said unto him: Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

7Who in the days of his flesh, with a strong cry and tears, offering up prayers and supplications to him that was able to save him from death, was heard for his reverence.

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Cross References

Genesis 14:18But Melchisedech the king of Salem, bringing forth bread and wine, for he was the priest of the most high God,

Hebrews 5:10Called by God a high priest according to the order of Melchisedech.

Hebrews 7:3Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but likened unto the Son of God, continueth a priest for ever.

Hebrews 7:17For he testifieth: Thou art a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchisedech.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 5:2-10

The Priesthood of Christ. ( a. d. 62.) 1 For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: 2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity. 3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins. 4 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron. 5 So also Christ… Read the whole commentary →

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