Dispute (αντιλογιας). Ablative case with χωρις. For the word see 6:16. The writer makes a parenthetical generalization and uses th…

And without all contradiction. It is an admitted principle; a point about which there can be no dispute.

The less is blessed of…

And without all contradiction.—Better, but without any dispute. Two parts of the argument are specified in this verse and Hebrews…

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…

The less is, etc. Let us first understand what the word blessed means here. It means indeed a solemn prayer by which one…

And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the
greater . This is a self-evident truth, and is undeniable; i…

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…