American Standard Version
Hebrews 7:8
8And here men that die receive tithes; but there one, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
Hebrews 7:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
- New International Version (NIV)In the one case, the tenth is collected by people who die; but in the other case, by him who is declared to be living.
- English Standard Version (ESV)In the one case tithes are received by mortal men, but in the other case, by one of whom it is testified that he lives.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Here mortal men receive tithes, but there he receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives.
Context of Hebrews 7:8
6but he whose genealogy is not counted from them hath taken tithes of Abraham, and hath blessed him that hath the promises. 7But without any dispute the less is blessed of the better. And here men that die receive tithes; but there one, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth. 9And, so to say, through Abraham even Levi, who receiveth tithes, hath paid tithes; 10for he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchizedek met him.
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καὶ ὧδε μὲν δεκάτας ἀποθνῄσκοντες ἄνθρωποι λαμβάνουσιν ἐκεῖ δὲ μαρτυρούμενος ὅτι ζῇ.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Hebrews 7:8
- Hebrews 7:23And they indeed have been made priests many in number, because that by death they are hindered from continuing:
- Hebrews 9:27And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment;
- Hebrews 3:16For who, when they heard, did provoke? nay, did not all they that came out of Egypt by Moses?
- Hebrews 5:6as he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.
- Hebrews 6:20whither as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
- Hebrews 9:24For Christ entered not into a holy place made with hands, like in pattern to the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us:
- John 11:25Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live;
- John 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
- Revelation 1:18and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
Commentaries on Hebrews 7:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Here men that die receive tithes - The apostle is speaking of the ecclesiastical constitution of the Jews, which was standing at the time this epistle was written. Under the Jewish dispensation, though the priests were successively removed by death, yet they were as duly replaced by others appointed from the same family, and the payment of tithes was never interrupted. But as there is no account of Melchisedec ceasing to be a priest, or of his dying, he…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8And here men that die receive tithes - Another point showing the inferiority of the Levitical priesthood. They who thus received tithes, though by the right to do this they asserted a superiority over their brethren, were mortal. Like others, they would soon die; and in regard to the most essential things they were on a level with their brethren. They had no exemption from sickness, affliction, or bereavement, and death came to them with just as much…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-10Verses 4-10 That High Priest who should afterward appear, of whom Melchizedec was a type, must be much superior to the Levitical priests. Observe Abraham's great dignity and happiness; that he had the promises. That man is rich and happy indeed, who has the promises, both of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. This honour have all those who receive the Lord Jesus. Let us go forth in our spiritual conflicts, trusting in his word and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8One reason Melchizedek is greater than the Levites is his “immortality” (7:3). The Levites were men who died, but Scripture says Melchizedek continues to live.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Second point of superiority: Melchisedec's is an enduring, the Levitical a transitory, priesthood. As the law was a parenthesis between Abraham's dispensation of promise of grace, and its enduring fulfilment at Christ's coming (Ro 5:20, Greek, "The law entered as something adscititious and by the way"): so the Levitical priesthood was parenthetical and temporary, between Melchisedec's typically enduring priesthood, and its antitypical realization in…Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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