Hebrews 7:4

4 Now consider how great this man was , unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

Ver. 4. How great this man was ] It is goodness that renders a man great, and the grace of God that ennobleth, Isaiah 43:4 ; Hebrews 11:2 . Keep close to God, and then ye shall be some of God’s Rabbis, as Daniel calls them, Daniel 9:27 . See Job 32:9 . Great men indeed, not with a belline (war-like), but with a genuine, greatness.

The tenth of the spoils ] Gr. ακροθινια , the top of the heap.