Hebrews 7:14

Hebrews 7:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
• New International Version (NIV)For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

Context of Hebrews 7:14

12For when there is a change of the priesthood, there must be a change of law as well. 13For the one these things are spoken about belonged to a different tribe. No one from it has served at the altar. Now it is evident that our Lord came from Judah, and Moses said nothing about that tribe concerning priests. 15And this becomes clearer if another priest like Melchizedek appears, 16who did not become a priest based on a legal regulation about physical descent but based on the power of an indestructible life.

Hebrews 7:14 word by word

πρόδηλον γὰρ ὅτι ἐξ Ἰούδα ἀνατέταλκεν ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν εἰς ἣν φυλὴν περὶ ἱερέων οὐδὲν Μωϋσῆς ἐλάλησεν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• evidentπρόδηλοςprodēlos · obviousG4271
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• Lordὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• sprangἀνατέλλωanatellō · to riseG393
• out ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• JudaἸουδάIouda · JudahG2448
• ofεἰςeis · towardG1519
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• tribeφυλήphulē · tribeG5443
• MosesΜωϋσῆς, ΜωσῆςMōseus Mōsēs Mōusēs · MosesG3475
• spakeλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• nothingοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• concerningπερίperi · aboutG4012
• priesthoodἱερωσύνηhierōsunē · priesthoodG2420

Cross-references for Hebrews 7:14

• Luke 1:43How could this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
• John 20:13They said to her, “Woman, why are you crying?” “Because they’ve taken away my Lord,” she told them, “and I don’t know where they’ve put him.”
• Ephesians 1:3Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens in Christ.
• Philippians 3:8More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them as dung, so that I may gain Christ
• Genesis 46:12Judah’s sons: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
• Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah or the staff from between his feet until he whose right it is comes and the obedience of the peoples belongs to him.
• Ruth 4:18Now these are the family records of Perez: Perez fathered Hezron,
• Isaiah 11:1Then a shoot will grow from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit.
• Jeremiah 23:5“Look, the days are coming” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “when I will raise up a Righteous Branch for David. He will reign wisely as king and administer justice and righteousness in the land.
• Micah 5:2Bethlehem Ephrathah, you are small among the clans of Judah; one will come from you to be ruler over Israel for me. His origin is from antiquity, from ancient times.
• Matthew 1:3Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez fathered Hezron, Hezron fathered Aram,
• Luke 2:23(just as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every firstborn male will be dedicated to the Lord)
• Luke 3:33son of Amminadab, son of Ram, son of Hezron, son of Perez, son of Judah,
• Romans 1:3concerning his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh
• Romans 2:3Do you think — anyone of you who judges those who do such things yet do the same — that you will escape God’s judgment?
• Revelation 5:5Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Look, the Lion from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered so that he is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

Commentaries on Hebrews 7:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14For it is evident - As the apostle speaks here with so much confidence, it follows that our Lord's descent from the tribe of Judah was incontrovertible. The genealogical tables, both in Matthew and Luke, establish this point; and whatever difficulties we may find in them now, there were none apprehended in those days, else the enemies of the Gospel would have urged these as a chief and unanswerable argument against Christ and his Gospel.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Judah - It is well known: it cannot be a matter of dispute. About the fact that the Lord Jesus was of the tribe of Judah, there could be no doubt; compare Matthew 1:3. But probably the apostle means here to refer to more than that simple fact. It was a doctrine of the Old Testament, and was admitted by the Jews, that the Messiah was to be of that tribe; see Genesis 49:10; Isaiah 11:1; Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:6…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-25Verses 11-25 The priesthood and law by which perfection could not come, are done away; a Priest is risen, and a dispensation now set up, by which true believers may be made perfect. That there is such a change is plain. The law which made the Levitical priesthood, showed that the priests were frail, dying creatures, not able to save their own lives, much less could they save the souls of those who came to them. But the High Priest of our profession holds…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-14belonged to a different tribe: Under the old covenant, priests came from the tribe of Levi, but Jesus was from the tribe of Judah.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. evident--literally, "manifest before the eyes" as a thing indisputable; a proof that whatever difficulties may now appear, then Jesus Christ's genealogy labored under none. our Lord--the only place where this now common title occurs without "Jesus," or "Christ," except 2Pe 3:15. sprang--as a plant, and a branch. Judah--Ge 49:10; Lu 1:27, 39 (Hebron of Judah, where Lightfoot thinks Jesus was conceived) Lu 2:4, 5; Re 5:5. of which tribe…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 7:14

• Melchizedek
• Priest
• Succession
• Types

In the dictionaries

• Moses
• Attendance
• Harmless
• Juda
• Melchizedek
• Separate
• Adam in the New Testament
• Christ, Offices of
• Congregation
• Evidence; Evident; Evidently

Commentaries on Hebrews 7

• 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
• EGW Writings