Hebrews 7:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, And it is yet far more evident - Και περισσοτερον ετι καταδηλον εστιν· And besides, it is more abundantly strikingly manifest. It is very difficult to translate these words, but the apostle's meaning is plain, viz., that God designed the Levitical priesthood to be changed, because of the oath in Psalms 110:1-7, where, addressing the Messiah, he says: Thou art a Priest for ever after the order, or ὁμοιοτητα, similitude, of Melchisedec, who was not only a priest, but also a king. None of the Levitical priests sustained this double office; but they both, with that of prophet, appear and were exercised in the person of our Lord, who is the Priest to which the apostle alludes.

Hebrews 7:15

15 And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,