26For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
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For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. …
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
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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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