So to say (ως επος ειπειν). An old idiom, here only in the N.T., common in Philo, used to limit a startling statement, an infiniti…

And as I may so say. So to speak—wv epov eipein. For numerous examples in the classic writers of this expression, see Wetstein, <…

And as I may so say.—Or, so to speak: an apologetic way of introducing an expression that might seem strange. In the thou…

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…

Levi also, etc. He advances further and says that even Levi himself, who was then in the loins of Abraham, was not exemp…

And as I may so say
With truth, and with great propriety and pertinence:

Levi also who receives t…

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…