In things pertaining to God (τα προς τον θεον). Accusative of general reference as in 2:17 (Romans 15:17). The two ess…

HEBREWS CHAPTER 5

ANALYSIS OF THE CHAPTER

In this chapter, the subject of the priestly office of Christ is continued and further illu…

Taken.—Rather, being taken, since he is taken, from among men.

Gifts and sacrifices.—The former is…

For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sin…

The author proposes to explore something of the nature of high priesthood and begins by showing that it has both a humanward and a Godward referenc…

For every high priest, etc. He compares Christ with the Levitical priests, and he teaches us what is the likeness and the differe…

For every high priest taken from among men
Every one that was an high priest under the law was a man, and not an ang…

The High Priest must be a man, a partaker of our nature. This shows that man had sinned, for God would not allow sinful man to come to him alone. B…

As we said at the beginning of this letter, the Apostle’s intention is to show that Christ is more excellent than all those from whom the Law deriv…