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So to say, through Abraham even Levi, who receives tithes, has paid tithes,
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A Figurative Argument
Commentators explain that the phrase "so to say" is an intentional signal from the author. He is not making a literal argument that Levi was physically present. Instead, he is using a figure of speech to make a theological point about representation and rank. The argument's power comes from this figurative logic, not a literal, physical transaction.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And as I may so say. So to speak—wv epov eipein. For numerous examples in the classic writers of this expression, see Wetstein, <…
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…
19th Century
Anglican
And as I may so say.—Or, so to speak: an apologetic way of introducing an expression that might seem strange. In the thou…
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Baptist
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…
16th Century
Protestant
Levi also, etc. He advances further and says that even Levi himself, who was then in the loins of Abraham, was not exemp…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
13th Century
Catholic
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…
