Hebrews Chapter 7 verse 8 Holy Bible
And here men that die receive tithes; but there one, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
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Now at the present time, men over whom death has power take the tenth; but then it was taken by one of whom it is witnessed that he is living.
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And here dying men receive tithes; but there [one] of whom the witness is that he lives;
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And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
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Here people who die receive tithes, but there one receives tithes of whom it is testified that he lives.
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and here, indeed, men who die do receive tithes, and there `he', who is testified to that he was living,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - And here (in the case of the Levitical priesthood) men that die (literally, dying men) receive tithes; but there (in the case of Melchizedek) one of whom it is witnessed that he liveth. The difference here noted is between a succession of mortal priests and one perpetually living, who never loses his personal claim, which is inherent, in himself. But how so of Melchizedek? For it is to him, and not to Christ the Antitype, that the words evidently apply. Is it at length implied that he was more than mortal man? No, if only for this reason; that the witness appealed to (μαρτυρούμενος) must be that of Scripture, which nowhere bears such witness of the historical Melchizedek. The words, μαρτυρούμενος ὅτε ζῇ, are, in fact, only a resumption of what was said in ver. 3: "having neither beginning of days nor end of life;" and hear the same meaning; viz. (as above explained) that he passes before our view in Genesis with no mention of either death, birth, or ancestry, and thus presented the ideal of "a priest for ever" to the inspired psalmist. The witness referred to is that of the record in Genesis, viewed in the light of the idea of the psalm.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) "Here," under the Levitical economy, dying men receive the various tithes. Men enter by birth into a state with which this right is associated, and by death again pass out of it. No special significance, therefore, attaches to the men themselves. "There," in the history now considered, one (receives tithes) of whom the Scripture simply witnesses that he lives. The narrative of Genesis gives no other basis for his priesthood than the mere fact of his life. What he holds, he holds by personal right.
