10Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
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So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. …
Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-14)Here the apostle returns to what he had in Heb. 5:6 ; Ps. 110:4 ; concerning the peculiar order of the priesthood of Christ, that is, the order of Melchisedec. And here, I. He declares he had many things which he could say to them concerning this mysterious person called Melchisedec, whose priesthood was eternal, and therefore the salvation procured thereby should be eternal also. We have a more p…
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