Hebrews 5:6

6 And in another Scripture God says, "You are a priest forever, a priest like Melchizedek."

Hebrews 5:6 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 5:6

As he saith also in another place
Or psalm; namely, in ( Psalms 110:4 ) that is, the same person, even God the Father; who spake the words before cited, also expressed the following:

thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchisedec;
that the psalm, from whence these words are taken, belongs to the Messiah, (See Gill on Matthew 22:44) and this very passage is applied unto him by the Jewish writers ^F3; and had not this been the general sense of the Jewish church at this time, the apostle writing to Hebrews would not have produced it; and it very clearly expresses the priesthood of Christ, the eternity of it, and the order according to which it was; and it being not according to the order of Aaron, but of another, shows the change of the priesthood, and so of the law; of Melchizedek, (See Gill on Hebrews 7:1)

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 Moses Hadarsan apud Galatin. l. 10. c. 6. Abot R. Nathan, c. 34.

Hebrews 5:6 In-Context

4 To be a high priest is an honor, but no one chooses himself for this work. He must be called by God as Aaronn was.

5 So also Christ did not choose himself to have the honor of being a high priest, but God chose him. God said to him, "You are my Son. Today I have become your Father."

6 And in another Scripture God says, "You are a priest forever, a priest like Melchizedek."

7 While Jesus lived on earth, he prayed to God and asked God for help. He prayed with loud cries and tears to the One who could save him from death, and his prayer was heard because he trusted God.

8 Even though Jesus was the Son of God, he learned obedience by what he suffered.