Hebrews 7:15

Hebrews 7:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
• New International Version (NIV)And what we have said is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears,
• English Standard Version (ESV)This becomes even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And it is yet far more evident if, in the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises another priest

Context of Hebrews 7:15

13It is the Lord Jesus Christ that the Bible speaks about in this way, as God's special priest. But he belongs to a different tribe. He is not a Levite. Nobody else from his tribe ever served God as a priest. 14We know that our Lord came from Judah's tribe. Moses never said that priests could come from Judah's tribe. So we see that the old law has changed. What we have said becomes even clearer now. Another kind of priest has come, who is a priest like Melchizedek. 16Jesus did not become a priest because of a law about which family he came from. He became God's priest because of his powerful life that nothing could ever destroy. 17The Bible speaks about him as a priest like this: ‘You will be a priest for ever, in the same way that Melchizedek was God's priest.’

Hebrews 7:15 word by word

Καὶ περισσότερον ἔτι κατάδηλόν ἐστιν, εἰ κατὰ τὴν ὁμοιότητα Μελχισέδεκ ἀνίσταται ἱερεὺς ἕτερος,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• it isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• yetἔτιeti · stillG2089
• far moreπερισσόςperissos · excessiveG4053
• evidentκατάδηλοςkatadēlos · evidentG2612
• for thatεἰei · ifG1487
• afterκατάkata · according toG2596
• the similitudeὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the similitudeὁμοιότηςhomoiotēs · likenessG3665
• of MelchisedecΜελχισεδέκMelchisedek · MelchizedekG3198
• there arisethἀνίστημιanistēmi · to ariseG450
• anotherἕτεροςheteros · otherG2087
• priestἱερεύςhiereus · priestG2409

Cross-references for Hebrews 7:15

• Hebrews 7:3Nobody wrote down that Melchizedek had a father or a mother. Nobody wrote down that he had any ancestors. Nobody wrote about when he was born or when he died. In that way, it seems like Melchizedek was a priest for ever. He is like the Son of God who continues to be a priest for all time.
• Psalms 110:4The Lord has made a strong promise. He will not change it. He has promised, ‘You will be a priest for ever, in the same way that Melchizedek was my priest.’

Commentaries on Hebrews 7:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15And it is yet far more evident - · And besides, it is more abundantly strikingly manifest. It is very difficult to translate these words, but the apostle's meaning is plain, viz., that God designed the Levitical priesthood to be changed, because of the oath in Psalm 110:1-7, where, addressing the Messiah, he says: Thou art a Priest for ever after the order, or ̔, similitude, of Melchisedec, who was not only a priest, but also a king. None of the Levitical…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15And it is yet far more evident - Not that our Lord would spring out of Judah, but the point which he was endeavoring to establish that there must be a change of the priesthood, was rendered still more evident from another consideration. A strong proof of the necessity of such a change of the priesthood was furnished from the fact that the Messiah was to be of the tribe of Judah; but a much stronger, because “as a priest” he was to be of the order of…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. 15-17This change in how God appoints priests (Hebrews 7:11–14) is clear through Jesus being appointed as a different kind of priest. Like Melchizedek, Jesus is a priest forever. His resurrection from the dead shows he has the power of an indestructible life. Since his priesthood, in the order of Melchizedek, is superior to the Levites' (7:1–10), he replaces them as priest.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. Another proof that the law, or economy, is changed, namely, forasmuch as Christ is appointed Priest, "not according to the law of a carnal (that is, a mere outward) commandment," but "according to the power of an indissoluble (so the Greek) life." The hundred tenth Psalm appoints Him "for ever" (He 7:17). The Levitical law required a definite carnal descent. In contrast stands "the power"; Christ's spiritual, inward, living power of overcoming death…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 7:15

• Jesus Continued
• Melchizedek
• Priest
• Succession
• Types

In the dictionaries

• Attendance
• Harmless
• Melchizedek
• Separate
• Adam in the New Testament
• Christ, Offices of
• Congregation
• Evidence; Evident; Evidently
• Faithful; Faithfulness
• Hebrews, Epistle to the

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