In the loins of his father (εν τη οσφυ του πατρος). Levi was not yet born. The reference is to Abraham, the forefather (πατρος) of…

For he was yet in the loins of his father. Abraham is here called the father of Levi, by a common use of the word, referring to a…

Thus the old priesthood, the Levitical and Aaronic priesthood, paid homage to the Melchisedec priesthood, which is greater still.

The expression “one might even say” often introduces a statement that startles a reader and requires one to be careful against misinterpretation. T…

For he was yet in the loins of his father
Abraham; namely, Levi and his whole posterity; which is to be understood s…

That High Priest who should afterward appear, of whom Melchizedec was a type, must be much superior to the Levitical priests. Observe Abraham's gre…

Having shown how Melchizedek was likened to the Son of God, the Apostle now shows the preeminence of Melchizedek’s priesthood over the Levitical. R…