Hebrews 7:20

Hebrews 7:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:
• New International Version (NIV)And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath,
• English Standard Version (ESV)And it was not without an oath. For those who formerly became priests were made such without an oath,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And inasmuch as He was not made priest without an oath

Context of Hebrews 7:20

18So the old law about priests no longer has authority. It was weak and it could not help people. 19God's Laws that he gave to Moses could not make anything completely right. But now God has brought us something better to hope for. And in that way, we ourselves can come near to God. Also, when God said that Jesus would be his special priest, he made a strong promise. When the Levites became priests, he did not make a strong promise like that. 21But when Jesus became God's priest, God made a strong promise. God said: ‘The Lord God has promised this strongly. He will not change his mind. You will be a priest for ever.’ 22Because God promised that to Jesus, we know that his new agreement with his people is very strong. It is a much better agreement than the old one.

Hebrews 7:20 word by word

καὶ καθ᾽ ὅσον οὐ χωρὶς ὁρκωμοσίας. οἱ μὲν γὰρ χωρὶς ὁρκωμοσίας εἰσὶν ἱερεῖς γεγονότες,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• inasmuch asκατάkata · according toG2596
• inasmuch asὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
• notοὐou · noG3756
• withoutχωρίςchōris · withoutG5565
• an oathὁρκωμοσίαhorkōmosia · oathG3728

Commentaries on Hebrews 7:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Not without an oath - "The apostle's reasoning here is founded on this, that God never interposed his oath, except to show the certainty and immutability of the thing sworn. Thus he sware to Abraham, Genesis 22:16-18, that in his seed all the nations of the earth should be blessed; and to the rebellious Israelites, Deuteronomy 1:34, Deuteronomy 1:35, that they should not enter into his rest; and to Moses, Deuteronomy 4:21, that he should not go into…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20And inasmuch as not without an oath - In addition to every other consideration showing the superiority of Christ as a priest, there was the solemnity of the oath by which he was set apart to the office. The appointment of one to the office of priest by an oath, such as occurred in the case of Jesus, was much more solemn and important than where the office was received merely by descent.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. 20-21This new system is about how God chooses a priest. God’s serious promise is shown in the quote from Psalm 110:4.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. Another proof of the superiority of Christ's Melchisedec-like priesthood; the oath of God gave a solemn weight to it which was not in the law-priesthood, which was not so confirmed. he was made priest--rather supply from He 7:22, which completes the sentence begun in this verse, He 7:21 being a parenthesis, "inasmuch as not without an oath He was made surety of the testament (for, &c.), of so much better a testament hath Jesus been made the surety."…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 7:20

• Jesus Continued
• Melchizedek
• Priest
• Succession

In the dictionaries

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

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