Hebrews 7:26-28

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 7:26

For such an high priest became us ,.... Is suitable to us, answers to our cases and necessities, is every way such an one as is wanted: who is holy ; by nature, originally and underivatively, perfectly and completely, internally as well as externally; he was typified by the high priest, who had holiness to the Lord written on his forehead, and far exceeds any of the priests in holiness; and such an one becomes us, for had he not been holy he could not have entered into the holy place... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 7:27

Who needeth not daily, as those high priests ,.... They being sinners, and he not: to offer up sacrifice first for his own sins and then for the people's ; as they did on the day of atonement; see Leviticus 16:6 upon which place the Jews F3 Zohar in Lev. fol. 26. 4. make the same remark the apostle does here; "he (the high priest, they say) offers sacrifices for the sins of the people, for his own בקדמיתא , "first", ולבתר , "and afterwards for the sins of the people":' ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 7:28

For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity ,.... Every word has an emphasis on it, and shows the difference between Christ and these priests: they were many; they were made priests by the law, the law of a carnal commandment, which made nothing perfect, and was disannulled; they were men that were made priests by it, and could not really draw nigh to God, and mediate with him for themselves, or others, nor atone either for their own or others' sins; and they were men that had... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 7:26

Such a high priest became us - Such a high priest was in every respect suitable to us, every way qualified to accomplish the end for which he came into the world. There is probably here an allusion to the qualifications of the Jewish high priest: - He was required to be holy, ὁσιος , answering to the Hebrew חסיד chasid , merciful. Holiness was his calling; and, as he was the representative of his brethren, he was required to be merciful and compassionate. He was to be harmless, ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 7:27

Who needeth not daily - Though the high priest offered the great atonement only once in the year, yet in the Jewish services there was a daily acknowledgment of sin, and a daily sacrifice offered by the priests, at whose head was the high priest, for their own sins and the sins of the people. The Jews held that a priest who neglected his own expiatory sacrifice would be smitten with death. (Sanhedr., fol. 83.) When they offered this victim, they prayed the following prayer: "O Lord, I have... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 7:28

For the law maketh men high priests - The Jewish priests have need of these repeated offerings and sacrifices, because they are fallible, sinful men: but the word of the oath (still referring to Psalm 110:4 ;) which was since the law; for David, who mentions this, lived nearly 500 years after the giving of the law, and consequently that oath, constituting another priesthood, abrogates the law; and by this the Son is consecrated, τετελειωμενον , is perfected, for evermore. Being a high... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 7:26

Verse 26 26.For such an high priest, etc. He reasons from what is necessarily connected with the subject. These conditions, or qualifications, as they commonly say, are of necessity required in a priest — that he should be just, harmless, and pure from every spot. This honor belongs to Christ alone. Then what was required for the real discharge of the office was wanting in the priests of the law. It hence follows, that there was no perfection in the Levitical priesthood; nor was it indeed in... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 7:27

Verse 27 27.Who needeth not, etc. He pursues the contrast between Christ and the Levitical priests; and he points out especially two defects, so to speak, in the ancient priesthood, by which it appears that it was not perfect. And here, indeed, he only touches briefly on the subject; but he afterwards explains every particular more at large, and particularly that which refers to the daily sacrifices, as the main question was respecting these. It is briefly also that I will now touch on the... read more

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