Hebrews 7:16

Colossians 2:14; Colossians 2:20; Galatians 4:3; Galatians 4:9; Hebrews 10:1; Hebrews 9:10; Hebrews 9:9; Revelation 1:18

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who is made - That is, the other priest is made, to wit, the Messiah. He was made a priest by a special law. Not after the law of a carnal com...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(8) Who is made, not after the (g) law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. (8) He proves the diversity and excellency o...
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

is made . hath become. carnal . Greek. sarkikos , but texts read sarkinos. See 2 Corinthians 3:3 . power . Greek. dunamis. App-172.; Heb 1...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. Carnal commandment, etc. It was called carnal, because it refers to things corporal, that is, to external rites. We know how Aaron...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. Who is made - Appointed to this high office by God hi...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And it is yet far more evident;— "And, independent on all genealogical controversywhich the most ingenious malice couldurge concerning Mary's famil...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, Another proof that the law (economy...
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

And it is . — That which is “yet far more evident” is the proposition of the preceding verses, viz., the failure of the Levitical priesthood to brin...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A carnal commandment. — Literally (according to the true reading of the Greek), a commandment of flesh: one that is limited to the sphere of man’...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER VII. THE ALLEGORY OF MELCHIZEDEK. Hebrews 7:1-28 (R.V.). "For this Melchizedek, King of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraha...
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...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THINGS WHICH NEVER DIE ‘The power of an endless life.’ Hebrews 7:16 We talk of ends; but where are ends? It may be an end in relation to the...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Who was made ,.... Not as man, much less as God; but as a priest, constituted and appointed one: not after the law of a carnal commandment : eithe...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. Ver. 16. Of a carnal command ] i.e. External and...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And it is yet far more evident That both the priesthood and the law are changed, because the priest now raised up is not only of another tribe, and...
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

Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment; the gospel High Priest, the Lord Jesus Christ, was not constituted nor consecrated after th...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Hebrews 7:11 .—Here begins the argument of the next nine verses. Perfection. —A difficult word; the full meaning o...
Scofield Reference Notes

carnal Fleshy, that is, addressed to the carnal or natural man. Compare ( Hebrews 9:10 ).
Sermon Bible Commentary

Hebrews 7:1-17 Melchisedec a Type. I. What is meant by King? what by Priest? what is the idea of Kingship and of Priesthood? (1) The idea of King...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Hebrews 7:15-16 The Power of an Endless Life. The idea of a priesthood appears to have entered largely, if not universally, into the economy of t...
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...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Hebrews 7:16 The Power of Christ's endless life. I. The first thought is the power which this endless life has of communicating itself. The very...
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

EXPOSITION THE PRIEST AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK . The exposition of Christ's heavenly priesthood is now at length taken up an...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The imperfection of the Levitical priesthood and of the Mosaic system:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
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

Who is made — A priest. Not after the law of a carnal commandment — Not according to the Mosaic law, which consisted chiefly of commandments that w...

¹⁶ Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.

Related Commentaries of Hebrews 7:16

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

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

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit 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

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible 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

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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