So Christ also (ουτως κα ο Χριστος). Just as with Aaron. Jesus had divine appointment as high priest also.

To be ma…

So also Christ did not glorify Himself. (See Barnes on John 8:54).

Christ.—Better, the Christ . It is important to note that in pa ages of the Pentateuch where the high priest receives a s…

For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sin…

Christ has the qualification of being called by God. There is perhaps a hint at his obedience in the use of the term “the Christ” rather than the h…

Thou art my Son, etc. This pa age may seem to be far-fetched; for though Christ was begotten of God the Father, he was not on thi…

So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an
high priest
It was a glorifying of C…

The High Priest must be a man, a partaker of our nature. This shows that man had sinned, for God would not allow sinful man to come to him alone. B…

As we said at the beginning of this letter, the Apostle’s intention is to show that Christ is more excellent than all those from whom the Law deriv…