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Hebrews 5:6

New Testament Epistle (General) ASV (1901)

What does Hebrews 5:6 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “as he saith also in another [place,] Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

as he saith also in another [place,] Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 5:6 — American Standard Version

Context — Hebrews 5

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
3and by reason thereof is bound, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
4And no man taketh the honor unto himself, but when he is called of God, even as was Aaron.
5So Christ also glorified not himself to be made a high priest, but he that spake unto him, Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee:
6as he saith also in another [place,] Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.
7Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
8though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered;
9and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“As he saith also in another place, etc..] Or psalm; namely, in (<19B004>Psalm 110:4) that is, the same person, even God the Father; who spake the words before cited, also expressed the following: thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchisedec; that the psalm, from whence these words are taken, belongs to the Messiah, (see Gill on “<402244>Matthew 22:44”) and this very passage is applied unto him by the Jewish writers f74; and had not this been the general sense of the Jewish church at this time, the apostle writing to Hebrews would not have produced it; and it very clearly expresses the priesthood of Christ, the eternity of it, and the order according to which it was; and it…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“He is here called simply "Priest"; in Heb 5:5, "High Priest." He is a Priest absolutely, because He stands alone in that character without an equal. He is "High Priest" in respect of the Aaronic type, and also in respect to us, whom He has made priests by throwing open to us access to God [BENGEL]. "The order of Melchisedec" is explained in Heb 7:15, "the similitude of Melchisedec." The priesthood is similarly combined with His kingly office in Zac 6:13. Melchisedec was at once man, priest, and king. Paul's selecting as the type of Christ one not of the stock of Abraham, on which the Jews prided themselves, is an intimation of Messianic universalism.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“As he saith also in another place - Psalms 110:4. “Thou art a priest forever.” It is evident here that the apostle means to be understood as saying that the Psalm referred to Christ, and this is one of the instances of quotation from the Old Testament respecting which there can be no doubt. Paul makes much of this argument in a subsequent part of this Epistle, Hebrews 7:0 and reasons as if no one would deny that the Psalm had a reference to the Messiah. It is clear from this that the Psalm was understood by the Jews at that time to have such a reference, and that it was so universally admitted that no one would call it in question. That the Psalm refers to the Messiah has been the opinion of…”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Psa 110:4. Hebrews 5:7”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Thou: Heb 5:10, Heb 6:20, Heb 7:3, Heb 7:15, Heb 7:17, Heb 7:21; Psa 110:4 Melchisedec: Gen 14:18, Gen 14:19 Hebrews 5:7”
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