For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
Such - as is above described. A B Delta read 'also.' 'For to US (as sinners: emphatic) there was also becoming (besides His other excellencies) such as High Priest.' 'Aleph (') C f, Vulgate, omit it. Holy, х hosios (G3741)] - pious х hagios (G40) would imply holy by consecration] toward God: perfectly answering God's will in reverent piety (Psalms 16:10) х chaciyd (H2623)].
Harmless, х akakos (G172)] - 'free from evil,' in Himself.
Undefiled, х amiantos (G283)] - by stain from others, in relation to men. The high priest for seven days before the Atonement abstained from contact with his family (Talmud). Temptation left no trace of evil in Jesus.
Separate, х kechoorismenos (G5563)] - 'separated from sinners,' in His heavenly state as our High Priest, after having been parted from the earth, as the Levitical high priest was separated from the people in the sanctuary (whence he was not to go out) (Leviticus 21:12). Though justifying through faith the ungodly, He hath no contact with them as such. Lifted above our sinful community, being "made higher than the heavens," at the same time that He makes believers as such "to sit together (with Him) in heavenly places" (Ephesians 2:6). So Moses on the mount, alone with God, was separated from and above the people (Job 22:12).
Made. Jesus WAS higher before (John 17:5), and as the God-MAN was made so by the Father after His humiliation (cf. Hebrews 1:4).
Higher than the heavens - for 'He passed through (Greek) the heavens' (Hebrews 4:14).