And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
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Gill's Exposition
Who was made,.... Not as man, much less as God; but as a priest, constituted and appointed one:
not after the law of a carnal commandment: either the ceremonial law in general, which was a carnal…
Barnes' Notes
And 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…
Adam Clarke
And it is yet far more evident - Και περισσοτερον ετι καταδηλον εστιν· And besides, it is more abundantly strikingly manifest. It is very difficult to translate these words, but the apostle's meaning…
Observe the necessity there was of raising up another priest, after the order of Melchisedec and not after the order of Aaron, by whom that perfection should come which could not come by the Levitical…
Cambridge Bible
yet far more evident The word used (katadçlon) is stronger than that used in Heb 7:14 (prodçlon) and does not occur elsewhere in the N.T. The change of the Law can be yet more decisively inferredfrom…
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