A great high priest (αρχιερεα μεγαν). The author now takes up the main argument of the Epistle, already alluded to in 1:3; 2:17f.;…

Seeing then that we have a great High Priest. The apostle here resumes the subject which had been slightly hinted at in Hebrews 2:17;[Refe…

All the chief points of the earlier chapters are brought together in this verse and the next:—the High Priest (Hebrews 2:17; [Reference…

Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

Our confidence rests on Jesus. He is “a great high priest,” a title that suggests his superiority to the Levitical priests. He has “gone through th…

Seeing then that we have, or, Having then, etc. He has been until now speaking of Christ’s apostleship. But now he passes on to H…

Seeing then that we have a great high priest
That Christ is a priest, and an high priest, has been observed already, in ([Refe…

Observe the proposed end: spiritual and eternal rest; the rest of grace here, and glory hereafter; in Christ on earth, with Christ in heaven. After…

Having exhorted them to hasten to enter God’s rest, and having cited Christ’s greatne according to His divine nature as an encouragement, the Apost…