Hebrews Chapter 7 verse 15 Holy Bible

ASV Hebrews 7:15

And `what we say' is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there ariseth another priest,
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BBE Hebrews 7:15

And this is even more clear if a second priest has come up who is like Melchizedek,
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DARBY Hebrews 7:15

And it is yet more abundantly evident, since a different priest arises according to the similitude of Melchisedec,
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KJV Hebrews 7:15

And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
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WBT Hebrews 7:15


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WEB Hebrews 7:15

This is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there arises another priest,
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YLT Hebrews 7:15

And it is yet more abundantly most evident, if according to the similitude of Melchisedek there doth arise another priest,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 15-17. - And it is yet more abundantly evident (i.e. the proposition of ver. 12), if after the likeness of Melchizedek there ariseth another Priest, who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless (indissoluble) life. For it is testified (of him), Thou art a Priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. This is a resumption of what has been already seen, put so as to be effective for the present stage of the argument. The old priesthood, and consequently the Law, is changed and superseded, not only because the Priest of the new order of things is of the tribe of Judah, but still more evidently because his priesthood is witnessed to as being one of a different kind, and of a kind so much higher and diviner. It is evident that the Antitype of Melchizedek, the subject of the hundred and tenth psalm, rather than Melchizedek himself, suggests here the language used. (Observe the contrasts between νομόν and δύνμιν σαρκικῆς and ἀκαταλύτου, ἐντολῆς and ζωῆς. The idea of Hebrews 9:8-15 is in Chose few pregnant words briefly anticipated, after the manner of the Epistle.)

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15, 16) And it is.--That which is "yet far more evident" is the proposition of the preceding verses, viz., the failure of the Levitical priesthood to bring "perfection" (Hebrews 7:11), a failure placed beyond doubt by the change of priesthood (Hebrews 7:13-14). "And what we are speaking of is yet more abundantly evident if after the likeness of Melchizedek there ariseth a different priest, who hath been made (priest) not according to a law of a carnal commandment, but according to power of indissoluble life." Hitherto, in Hebrews 7:12-14, the thought has rested on what is given up,--viz., the priesthood of Aaron, set aside by the words of prophecy (Psalm 110:4); and so far as these three verses are concerned, nothing more might be intended than the transference of the priesthood to another line of men. Far more striking will the proof appear, when we look on the other side, and observe what is brought in--a priesthood like Melchizedek's, resting not on mere positive enactment, but assumed by inherent power, by right of "life" (Hebrews 7:8).