Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
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Gill's Exposition
For he testifieth,.... That is, either David, the penman of the psalm, or rather the Holy Ghost, the enditer of it, or God in the Scripture, in Psa 110:4 of this form of citing Scripture; see Gill on…
Barnes' Notes
Who is made - That is, the other priest is made, to wit, the Messiah. He was made a priest by a special law. Not after the law of a carnal commandment - Not according to the Law of a commandment…
Adam Clarke
Who is made - Appointed to this high office by God himself, not succeeding one that was disabled or dead, according to that law or ordinance directed to weak and perishing men, who could not continue…
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
is made Lit., "is become."
after the law of a carnal commandment Rather, "in accordance with the law of a fleshen(i.e. earthly) commandment." Neither this writer, nor even St Paul, ever called or…
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