Hebrews 7:23

And they truly were many priests because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death;

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And they truly - Under the Jewish dispensation. The object of this verse and the following is, to state one more reason of the excellence of the...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(11) And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death: (11) Another argument for the same purpose. Th...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Melchizedek Priesthood of Christ. It is shown that Scripture itself makes reference to a type of priesthood which is quite distinct from the Le...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

because . Greek. dia . App-104. Hebrews 7:2 . they were not, &c . = of their being hindered from continuing. continue . Greek. parameno....
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

23. And they truly, etc. He had already touched on this comparison; but as the subject deserved more attention, he unfolds it more fully,...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death: And they truly were many priests - Under the Mosaic...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hebrews 7:23-24 And they truly were many priests, — And as to those priests, there were many of them established successively, because death pr...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Priesthood after the Order of Aaron and of Melchizedek The theme of Christ's superiority to the Levitical priesthood is here resumed. In Hebrews...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Were many priests. — Rather, have been made priests many ( i.e., in large numbers), because by death they were prevented from continuing. (Com...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Our Ever-Living and All-Sufficient Intercessor Hebrews 7:11-28 If, as we saw in our last reading, the Levitical priests have been superseded, c...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The writer now takes up again the subject of the Priesthood of Jesus after the order of Melchisedek. Melchisedek is called "Priest of the Most High."...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(11) If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there that another p...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they truly were many priests ,.... There were many common priests at a time; and though there was but one high priest at a time, yet there were...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death: Ver. 23. By reason of death ] Neither their holi...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And there were many priests One after another, because they were hindered by death from continuing in the perpetual execution of their office. But...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

"For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him: to who...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Melchisedec and Christ Compared. A. D. 62. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And they truly were many priests: this further demonstrates the excellency of Christ's priesthood above the Aaronical for its singularity and self-...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Hebrews 7:24 . Continueth ever. —A firm assertion of the present living priesthood of Christ. Unchangeable. —R.V....
Sermon Bible Commentary

Hebrews 7:15-28 I. The Apostle announces a great principle in the words, "The law made nothing perfect." There was not a single point in which the...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hebrews 7:15-18 . And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, Who is made, not after...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hebrews 7:1 . This Melchizedec, to whose illustrious history he now returns, from Hebrews 5:11 , was first by name or title king of righteousness...
The Biblical Illustrator

Our Lord sprang out of Juda A new priesthood 1. Jesus sprang from the royal tribe of Judah, not from the sacerdotal tribe of Levi. The apostl...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

Our Great High Priest Hebrews 7:1-28 and Hebrews 8:1-13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Christ was God's Priest after the order of Melchisedec. "The...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They were many priests — One after another.

²³ And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:

Related Commentaries of Hebrews 7:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hebrews 7:23