14For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
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But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda,
I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-28)Observe the necessity there was of raising up another priest, after the order of Melchisedec and not after the order of Aaron, by whom that perfection should come which could not come by the Levitical priesthood, which therefore must be changed, and the whole economy with it, Heb. 7:11 , 12 Here, I. It is asserted that perfection could not come by the Levitical priesthood and the law. They could n…
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