Taketh the honour unto himself (εαυτω λαμβανε την τιμην). Dative case of personal interest (εαυτω). The priest was called of God. …

And no man taketh this honor to himself. No one has a right to enter on this office unless he has the qualifications which God has prescri…

But he who is called.—The true reading requires, when he is called. Not to himself does any man take the hon…

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 negative statement immediately refutes any thought that a man can take the initiative in being made high priest. It is an honor to be a high pr…

And no man, etc. It should be noted in this verse that there is partly a likeness and partly a difference. What makes an office l…

And no man takes this honour to himself
That is, the honour of the priesthood: the office of the high priest was a v…

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…