Named of God (προσαγορευθεις). First aorist passive participle of προσαγορευω, old verb to salute, to address, only here in N.T. C…

Called of God. Addressed by Him, or greeted by Him. The word used here does not mean that He was appointed by God, or "called…

Called.—Rather, addressed. The divine words are, Thou art a priest for ever. In the quotation from the Psalm, “p…

Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.

The writer has forcefully made his point that Jesus shared our human life. He was qualified to be high priest because of his common nature with us …

Called of God, or named by God, etc. Since it was necessary for him to elaborate further on the comparison between Christ and Mel…

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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…

Having listed three things that belong to a high priest and shown that two of them were fulfilled in Christ—namely, the office and the proper way o…