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Commentaries on Hebrews 7:27

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

INTRODUCTION TO Hebrews 7 The apostle having made mention of Melchizedek in the latter part of the preceding chapter, proceeds in this to give some account of him, and of the excellency of his priesthood, and to show that Christ is a priest of his order, and is superior to Aaron and his sons. He first declares what Melchizedek was, that he was both king and priest; he names the place he was king...

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

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 (c) 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,...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

The doctrine of the priestly office of Christ is so excellent in itself, and so essential a part of the Christian faith, that the apostle loves to dwell upon it. Nothing made the Jews so fond of the Levitical dispensation as the high esteem they had of their priesthood, and it was doubtless a sacred and most excellent institution; it was a very severe threatening denounced against the Jews (Hos....

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: For this he did once, when he offered up himself. For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the...