Carnal (σαρκινης). "Fleshen" as in 1 Corinthians 3:1, not σαρκικης (fleshlike, 1 Corinthians 3:3). The Lev…

Who is made. That is, the other priest is made—namely, the Messiah. He was made a priest by a special law.

Not after the law of…

A carnal commandment.—Literally (according to the true reading of the Greek), a commandment of flesh: one that is limite…

The old Levitical law is annulled; it became weak and unprofitable; and now a higher and better dispensation is ushered in with a greater and undyi…

This priest is distinguished by the quality of his life. “A regulation as to his ancestry” renders an expression that is literally “a law of a fles…

Carnal commandment, etc. It was called carnal because it refers to physical things, that is, to external rites. We know …

Who was made
Not as man, much less as God; but as a priest, constituted and appointed one:

The priesthood and law, by which perfection could not come, are abolished; a Priest has risen, and a dispensation is now established, by which true…

Having proved the preeminence of Melchizedek’s priesthood over the Levitical, the Apostle now concludes that Christ’s priesthood is more excellent …