First (προτερον). Regular adverb for comparison between two, though πρωτον often occurs also (John 1:41), with επειτα …

Who needeth not daily, as those High priests. As the Jewish priests. This is an additional circumstance introduced to show the superior ex…

This verse continues the description, presenting what follows from this purity and sinle ne .

As those high priests. The hi…

There is our joy.

There is a problem in the reference to offering sacrifices “day after day” for, while there were daily sacrifices in the temple, the high priest wa…

Who needs not, and so on. He pursues the contrast between Christ and the Levitical priests; and he points out especially two defe…

Who needs not daily, as those high priests
They being sinners, and he not:

to offer up sacrifice …

Observe the description of the personal holiness of Christ. He is free from all habits or principles of sin, not having the least disposition to it…

Having proved by the authority of the Psalmist that the priesthood of Christ is superior to the Levitical and replaces it, the Apostle now proves t…