Hebrews 7:15-18 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 7:11-28

Observe the necessity there was of raising up another priest, after the order of Melchisedec and not after the order of Aaron, by whom that perfection should come which could not come by the Levitical priesthood, which therefore must be changed, and the whole economy with it, Heb. 7:11, 12 Here, I. It is asserted that perfection could not come by the Levitical priesthood and the law. They could not put those who came to them into the perfect enjoyment of the good things they pointed out to... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 7:1-28

We come now to a passage of such paramount importance for the writer to the Hebrews and in itself so difficult to understand that we must deal with it in a special way. Hebrews 6:1-20 , ( Hebrews 6:20 ), ended with the statement that Jesus had been made a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. This priesthood after the order of Melchizedek is the most characteristic thought of Hebrews. Behind it lie ways of thinking and of arguing and of using scripture which are quite strange to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 7:15

And it is yet far more evident ,.... From a fact which cannot be denied; for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest ; or another has risen, even Jesus the son of David, of the tribe of Judah; another from Aaron, one that is not of his family or tribe, but one like to Melchizedek: hence we learn that Melchizedek and Christ are not the same person; and that the order and similitude of Melchizedek are the same; and that Christ's being of his order only imports... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 7:16

Who was made ,.... Not as man, much less as God; but as a priest, constituted and appointed one: not after the law of a carnal commandment : either the ceremonial law in general, which was a carnal one, if we consider the persons to whom it belonged, the Israelites according to the flesh; it was incumbent upon, and might be performed by such who were only carnal; and it was performed by and for men that were in the flesh, or mortal; and if we consider the matter of it, the subject on... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 7:17

For he testifieth ,.... That is, either David, the penman of the psalm, or rather the Holy Ghost, the enditer of it, or God in the Scripture, in Psalm 110:4 of this form of citing Scripture; see Gill on Hebrews 2:6 . thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec ; see Hebrews 5:6 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 7:18

For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment ,.... Not the moral law; though what is here said of the commandment may be applied to that; that is sometimes called the commandment, Romans 7:12 it went before the promise of the Messiah, and the Gospel of Christ, and the dispensation of it; it is in some respects weak; it cannot justify from the guilt of sin, nor free from the power of it, nor secure from death, the punishment of it, nor give eternal life; though it has a power to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 7:15

And it is yet far more evident - Και περισσοτερον ετι καταδηλον εστιν· And besides, it is more abundantly strikingly manifest. It is very difficult to translate these words, but the apostle's meaning is plain, viz., that God designed the Levitical priesthood to be changed, because of the oath in Psalm 110:1-7 , where, addressing the Messiah, he says: Thou art a Priest for ever after the order, or ὁμοιοτητα , similitude, of Melchisedec, who was not only a priest, but also a king. None... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 7:16

Who is made - Appointed to this high office by God himself, not succeeding one that was disabled or dead, according to that law or ordinance directed to weak and perishing men, who could not continue by reason of death. This is probably all that the apostle intends by the words carnal commandment, εντολης σαρκικης· for carnal does not always mean sinful or corrupt, but feeble, frail, or what may be said of or concerning man in his present dying condition. But after the power of an... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 7:17

For he testifieth - That is, either the Scripture, in the place so often quoted, or God by that Scripture. Thou art a priest for ever - This is the proof that he was not appointed according to the carnal commandment, but according to the power of an endless life, because he is a priest for ever; i.e. one that never dies, and is never disabled from performing the important functions of his office; for if he be a priest for ever, he ever lives. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 7:18

For there is verily a disannulling - There is a total abrogation, προαγουσης εντολης , of the former law, relative to the Levitical priesthood. See Hebrews 7:19 . For the weakness - It had no energy; it communicated none; it had no Spirit to minister; it required perfect obedience, but furnished no assistance to those who were under it. And unprofitableness - No man was benefited by the mere observance of its precepts: it pardoned no sin, changed no heart, reformed no life; it... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 7:11-28

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 7:1-28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 7:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 7:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 7:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 7:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 7:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 7:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 7:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 7:18

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