Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
such--as is above described. The oldest manuscripts read, "also." "For to US (as sinners; emphatical) there was also becoming (besides the other excellencies of our High Priest) such an High Priest."
holy--"pious" (a distinct Greek word from that for holy, which latter implies consecration) towards God; perfectly answering God's will in reverent piety (Psalms 16:10).
harmless--literally, "free from evil" and guile, in relation to Himself.
undefiled--not defiled by stain contracted from others, in relation to men. Temptation, to which He was exposed, left no trace of evil in Him.
separate--rather, "separated from sinners," namely, in His heavenly state as our High Priest above, after He had been parted from the earth, as the Levitical high priest was separated from the people in the sanctuary (whence he was not to go out), Leviticus 21:12. Though justifying through faith the ungodly, He hath no contact with them as such. He is lifted above our sinful community, being "made higher than the heavens," at the same time that He makes believers as such (not as sinners), "to sit together (with Him) in heavenly places" (Ephesians 2:6). Just as Moses on the mount was separated from and above the people, and alone with God. This proves Jesus is GOD. "Though innumerable lies have been forged against the venerable Jesus, none dared to charge Him with any intemperance" [ORIGEN].
made--Jesus was higher before (John 17:5), and as the God-MAN was made so by the Father after His humiliation (compare Hebrews 1:4).
higher than the heavens--for "He passed through [so the Greek] the heavens" (Hebrews 4:14).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Exodus 12:5
Exodus 29:4-9
Exodus 29:10-22
Leviticus 21:16-24
Jeremiah 33:18
Luke 1:15
Luke 1:16-17
John 19:41-42
2 Corinthians 5:21
Ephesians 1:21
Ephesians 4:10
Hebrews 1:4
Hebrews 4:14
Hebrews 4:15
Hebrews 7:25
Hebrews 7:27
1 Peter 2:22
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