Hebrews 5:6

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

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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 Christ glorified not himself to be made a high priest; but he that said to him, Thou art my Son, to-day have I 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, in that he feared;

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Cross References

Genesis 14:18And Melchisedek, king of Salem, brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.

Hebrews 5:10Called by God a high priest after the order of Melchisedec.

Hebrews 7:3Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like to the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.

Hebrews 7:17For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order 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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