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Hebrews 7:8
8And here dying men receive tithes; but there [one] of whom the witness is that he lives;
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 who has no genealogy from them has tithed Abraham, and blessed him who had the promises. 7But beyond all gainsaying, the inferior is blessed by the better. And here dying men receive tithes; but there [one] of whom the witness is that he lives; 9and, so to speak, through Abraham, Levi also, who received tithes, has been made to pay tithes. 10For he was yet in the loins of his father when Melchisedec 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 have been many priests, on account of being hindered from continuing by death;
- Hebrews 9:27And forasmuch as it is the portion of men once to die, and after this judgment;
- Hebrews 3:16(for who was it, who, having heard, provoked? but [was it] not all who came out of Egypt by Moses?
- Hebrews 5:6Even as also in another [place] he says, Thou [art] a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedec.
- Hebrews 6:20where Jesus is entered as forerunner for us, become for ever a high priest according to the order of Melchisedec.
- Hebrews 9:24For the Christ is not entered into holy places made with hand, figures of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us:
- John 11:25Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believes on me, though he have died, shall live;
- John 14:6Jesus says to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father unless by me.
- Revelation 1:18and the living one: and I became dead, and behold, I am living to the ages of ages, and 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
- EGW Writings
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