THERE are three general parts of this chapter; FIRST, A description of the office and duties of a high priest, Hebrews 5:1-4. SECONDLY, The application of this general description unto the person and priesthood of _Jesus Christ_ in particular, Hebrews 5:5-10. THIRDLY, An occasional diversion i... [ Continue Reading ]
Πᾶς γὰρ ἀρχιερεὺς ἐξ ἀνθρώπων λαμβανόμενος, ὑπὲρ ἀνθρώπων καθίσταται τὰ τρὸς τὸν Θεὸν, ἵνα προσφέρῃ δῶρά τε καὶ θυσίας ὑπὲρ ἁμαρτιῶν. ᾿Εξ ἀνθρώπων. Syr., דְּמֵן בְּגַי נָשָׁא “who is of” (or “from amongst”) “the sons of men.” ῾Υπὲρ ἀνθρώπων καθίσταται. Syr. לָף בְּנַי נָשָׁא קָאֵם “stands for men;”... [ Continue Reading ]
Two things the apostle hath proposed unto himself, which in this and the ensuing verses he doth yet further pursue. 1. _A description of a high priest_ according to the law. 2. The evincing, (1.) That whatever was useful or excellent in such a high priest was to _be found in a more eminent man... [ Continue Reading ]
In the third verse the apostle illustrates what he had asserted concerning the high priest, as to his being “compassed with infirmity,” from a necessary consequent thereof: he was to offer sacrifices for his own sins. Before, he had declared in general that the end of his office was to “offer gifts... [ Continue Reading ]
The foregoing verses declare the _personal qualifications_ of a high priest. But these alone are not sufficient actually to invest any one with that office; it is required, moreover, that he be lawfully called thereunto. The former make him meet for it, and this gives him his right unto it. And in t... [ Continue Reading ]
The description of a high priest according to the law, with respect, 1. Unto his _nature;_ 2. His _employment, Hebrews 5:1_; 3. His _qualification, Hebrews 5:2_; 4. His especial _duty,_ with regard (1.) to himself (2.) to others, Hebrews 5:3; 5. His _call,_ in the instance of him who w... [ Continue Reading ]
The next verse gives us a further confirmation of the call of Christ unto his office, by another testimony, taken from Psalms 110:4. And much time, with diligence, would be needful to the explanation hereof, but that this is not its proper place. For that the whole psalm was prophetical of Jesus Chr... [ Continue Reading ]
In this verse two instances of the qualifications of a high priest are accommodated unto our Lord Jesus Christ, and that in the retrograde order before proposed. For the last thing expressed concerning a high priest according to the law was, that he was “compassed with infirmity,” Hebrews 5:3. And... [ Continue Reading ]
The things discoursed in the foregoing verse seem to have an inconsistency with the account given us concerning the person of Jesus Christ at the entrance of this epistle. For he is therein declared to be the Son of God, and that in such a glorious manner as to be deservedly exalted above all the an... [ Continue Reading ]
The words and design of this verse have so great a coincidence with those of Hebrews 2:10, that we shall the less need to insist upon them. Something only must be spoken to clear the context. The apostle having declared the sufferings of Christ as our high priest, in his offering of himself, with th... [ Continue Reading ]
In the 10th verse the apostle returns unto the improvement of the testimony given unto the priesthood of Christ taken from Psalms 110. And hereby he makes way unto another necessary digression, without which he could not profitably pursue the instruction which he intended [for] the Hebrews from that... [ Continue Reading ]
In the 11th verse the apostle enters upon his designed digression. And first he expresseth the occasion and reason of it, taken from the subject or matter which in this place it was necessary for him to insist upon, and the condition, with the former carriage, or rather miscarriage, of them unto who... [ Continue Reading ]
The three ensuing verses, as they all treat of the same matter with that foregoing, so they have all the same design in themselves, and cannot be severed in their exposition. The reasons of the reproof entered on in the 11th verse are here expressed, and the crime reproved is laden with sundry aggra... [ Continue Reading ]