Hebrews 7:26-28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Such a High-Priest became us Or rather, was suited to us, who are unholy, mischievous, defiled sinners; who is holy With respect to God; harmless With respect to men; undefiled In himself by any sin; separate from sinners That is, from all defiling society of sinners, though mercifully conversant among them; and, to complete all, made higher Even in his human nature, than the heavens, and than all their inhabitants; being far more superior to the noblest of them than Aaron was to the meanest Levite who ministered in the temple. Who needeth not daily That is, on every yearly day of expiation; as those high-priests, to offer sacrifice, first for his own sins For he had no sins of his own; and then for the people's Which last he did once for all, when he offered up himself A spotless and acceptable sacrifice to God. “In this passage,” says Macknight, “the apostle notices three particulars, which distinguish the sacrifice offered by Christ from those offered by the Jewish high- priests: 1st, He offered no sacrifice for himself, but only for the people. 2d, He did not offer that sacrifice annually, but once for all. 3d, The sacrifice which he offered was not of calves and goats, but of himself.” For the law maketh men high-priests which have infirmity Who are weak, sinful, and mortal; but the oath which was since the law Namely, in the time of David; maketh the Son A priest; who is consecrated Or perfected, as τετελειωμενον properly signifies; see note on Hebrews 5:9; for evermore Who, having finished his whole process, undertaken and accomplished to effect the work of our redemption, and being without blemish, and perfectly free from every natural and moral infirmity, and invested with all authority and power in heaven and on earth, remaineth a priest for ever.