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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)What I mean is, our Lord came from the tribe of Judah, and Moses never mentioned priests coming from that tribe.

Context of Hebrews 7:14

12For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed also. 13He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever served at the altar. For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests. 15And what we have said is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears, 16one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of 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 1:43But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
• John 20:13They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?” “They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.”
• Ephesians 1:3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
• Philippians 3:8What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ
• Genesis 46:12The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez and Zerah (but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
• Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he to whom it belongs shall come and the obedience of the nations shall be his.
• Ruth 4:18This, then, is the family line of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,
• Isaiah 11:1A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
• Jeremiah 23:5“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land.
• Micah 5:2“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”
• Matthew 1:3Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,
• Luke 2:23(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord”),
• Luke 3:33the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
• Romans 1:3regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life was a descendant of David,
• Romans 2:3So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?
• Revelation 5:5Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. 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