Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Hebrews 7:1
Christ's Priesthood After the Order of Melchizedek
SUMMARY OF HEBREWS 7: The High Dignity of Melchizedek As a Priest.
Abraham Paid Him Tithes. Thus Did the Aaronic Priesthood Confess His
Superiority. A Type of a Priest Forever. Christ to Be a Priest After
the Order of Melchizedek. Hence, the Aaronic Priesthood Imperfect.
Hence, Too, the Law Must Be Changed. Christ, the Priest of the New
Covenant, Hath an Unchangeable. Priesthood.
For this Melchizedec, king of Salem. See the account of him in
Genesis 14:18-20. That he was a character of exceeding dignity is manifest,
not only from the statements of Genesis, but of this chapter. There have
been many speculations concerning his personality, but no man can
lift the veil. He bursts upon us as a priest-king, king of Salem, or
Jerusalem, which we now know from discoveries in Egyptian records
existed even in those very early ages
Priest of the most High God. See Genesis 14:18. There is no account
of his parents, none of his birth, none of his death, none of the
beginning or end of his priesthood (Hebrews 7:3); hence, he appears in
the record without parents, genealogy, beginning or end, simply as "one
that liveth" (Hebrews 7:8), a fit type of him whose priesthood and
kingly state endure forever.
Who met Abraham, returning from the salughter of kings. See
Genesis 14:20. Abraham was returning from the pursuit of marauders who
had captured Lot, his nephew.
And blessed him. The "great father" (so the meaning of "Abram"),
"the friend of God" (James 2:23), thus acknowledges his superior
spiritual dignity.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Hebrews 5:6
Hebrews 6:20
Hebrews 7:1
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