Hebrews 5:6

As he said also in another place: Thou art a priest for ever, after the likeness of Melchisedec.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 also the Messiah did not exalt himself to become a High Priest; but He appointed him who said to him, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

7Likewise, when he was clothed in flesh, he presented supplication and entreaty with intense invocation, and with tears, to him who was able to resuscitate him from death; and he was heard.

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Cross References

Hebrews 5:10And he was named of God, the High Priest after the likeness of Melchisedec.

Hebrews 7:3Of whom neither his father nor his mother are written in the genealogies; nor the commencement of his days, nor the end of his life; but, after the likeness of the Son of God, his priesthood remaineth for ever.

Hebrews 7:17For he testified of him: Thou art a priest for ever, after the likeness of Melchisedec.

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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