He whose genealogy is not counted (ο μη γενεαλογουμενος). Articular participle with negative μη (usual with participles) of the ol…

But he whose descent is not counted from them. Melchizedek. The word descent is, in the margin, pedigree. The meaning is…

Whose descent.—Better, whose genealogy (Hebrews 7:3).

Received tithes.—Rather, hat…

And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people accordi…

(5–6a) Here the meaning of the payment of the tithe is spelled out. Not only was such a payment widely customary, but the law required it to be mad…

Blessed him, etc. This is the fifth comparison between Christ and Melchizedek. The Apostle assumes it as an accepted principle that the le…

But he whose descent is not counted from them ,
&c] That is, Melchizedek, whose genealogy or pedigree is not reckone…

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…