Hebrews 5:6

as also he saith in another place, “Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek.”

Noyes Bible

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

5Thus Christ did not glorify himself to be made high-priest, but he who said to him, “Thou art my Son, I this day have begotten thee;”

7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears, to him that was able to save him from death, and was heard by reason of his godly reverence,

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Cross References

Hebrews 5:10being addressed by God as high-priest after the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 7:3without father, without mother, without record of descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life, but likened to the Son of God, remaineth a priest for ever.

Hebrews 7:17For it is testified of him, “Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek.”

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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