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Many, indeed, have been made priests, because they are hindered from continuing by death.
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The Flaw of Mortality
Commentators explain that the Old Testament required a long line of priests for a simple reason: they were mortal. Death constantly interrupted their service, necessitating successors. Scholars note there were hundreds of high priests over the centuries, highlighting the instability and imperfection of a system dependent on frail human beings.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And they truly. Under the Jewish dispensation. The purpose of this verse, and the one that follows, is to state one more reason for the ex…
Many in number (πλειονες). Comparative predicate adjective, "more than one," in succession, not simultaneously.
Bec…
19th Century
Anglican
Were many priests.—Rather, have been made priests many (i.e., in large numbers), because by death they were…
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Baptist
I think they calculated that there were eighty-three high priests in regular succession from Aaron to the death of Phineas, the last high priest at…
Once more the Levitical priests are set in contrast to Christ. They had to be numerous because like all people they died, and successors were neede…
16th Century
Protestant
And they truly, etc. He had already touched on this comparison; but as the subject deserved more attention, he unfolds it more fully. Howe…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they truly were many priests There were many common priests at a time; and though there was but one high priest at a …
The priesthood and law, by which perfection could not come, are abolished; a Priest has risen, and a dispensation is now established, by which true…
13th Century
Catholic
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…
