Hebrews 5:11

For when for the time ye ought to be teachers,.... These Hebrews had had great advantages; they were not only descended from Abraham, and had the law of Moses, and the writings of the Old Testament,…

Of whom we have many things to say - There are many things which seem strange in regard to him; many things which are hard to be understood. Paul knew that what be had to say of this man as a type of…

Of whom we have many things to say - The words περι οὑ, which we translate of whom, are variously applied:

1. To Melchisedec;

2. To Christ;

3. To the endless priesthood.

Those who understand the…

Here the apostle returns to what he had in Heb 5:6 cited out of Psa 110:1-7, concerning the peculiar order of the priesthood of Christ, that is, the order of Melchisedec. And here,

I. He declares he…

Complaint that his readers were so slow in their spiritual progress

11. Of whom i.e. of Melchisedek in his typical character. There is no need to render this "of which matter" or to refer it to…