Hebrews 5:6

As he also in another place speaketh, Thou art a Priest for euer, after ye order of Melchi-sedec.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 likewise Christ tooke not to him selfe this honour, to be made the hie Priest, but hee that sayd vnto him, Thou art my Sonne, this day begate I thee, gaue it him.

7Who in the dayes of his flesh did offer vp prayers and supplications, with strong crying and teares vnto him, that was able to saue him from death, and was also heard in that which he feared.

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Cross References

Genesis 14:18And Melchi-zedek King of Shalem brought foorth bread and wine: and he was a Priest of the most high God.

Hebrews 5:10And is called of God an hie Priest after the order of Melchi-sedec.

Hebrews 7:3Without father, without mother, without kinred, and hath neither beginning of his dayes, neither ende of life: but is likened vnto the Sonne of God, and continueth a Priest for euer.

Hebrews 7:17For hee testifieth thus, Thou art a Priest for euer, after the order of Melchi-sedec.

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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