For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
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Gill's Exposition
For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity,.... Every word has an emphasis on it, and shows the difference between Christ and these priests: they were many; they were made priests by the…
Barnes' Notes
For such an High Priest became us - Was suited to our condition. That is, there was that in our character and circumstances which demanded that a high priest for us should be personally holy. It was…
Adam Clarke
Such a high priest became us - Such a high priest was in every respect suitable to us, every way qualified to accomplish the end for which he came into the world. There is probably here an allusion to…
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
For such a high priest became us The "for" clinches the whole argument with a moral consideration. There was a spiritual fitnessin this annulment of the imperfect Law and Priesthood, and the…
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