Hebrews 7:26

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Summary

For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

Such

Became

Hebrews 2:10

Luke 24:26

Holy

Made

General references

Luke 18:19

Bible References

Such

If, then, Perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood--and it was under this priesthood that the people received the Law--why was it still necessary that a priest of a different order should appear, a priest of the order of Melchizedek and not of the order of Aaron?

To sum up what I have been saying:--Such is the High Priest that we have, one who 'has taken his seat at the right hand' of the throne of God's Majesty in Heaven,

While, then, it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly realities to be purified by such means as these, the heavenly realities themselves required better sacrifices.

Every other priest stands day after day at his ministrations, and offers the same sacrifices over and over again--sacrifices that can never take sins away.

Became

It was, indeed, fitting that God, for whom and through whom all things exist, should, when leading many sons to glory, make the author of their Salvation perfect through suffering.

Was not the Christ bound to undergo this suffering before entering upon his Glory?"

Holy

Our High Priest is not one unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has in every way been tempted, exactly as we have been, but without sinning.

how much more will the blood of the Christ, who, through his eternal Spirit, offered himself up to God, as a victim without blemish, purify our consciences from a lifeless formality, and fit us for the service of the Living God!

"The Holy Spirit shall descend upon you," answered the angel, "and the Power of the Most High shall overshadow you; and therefore the child will be called 'holy,' and 'Son of God.'

"Why, what harm has this man done?" Pilate said to them for the third time. "I have found nothing in him for which he could be condemned to death. So I will have him scourged, and then release him."

Moreover, he who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone; for I always do what pleases him."

I shall not talk with you much more, for the Spirit that is ruling the world is coming. He has nothing in common with me;

You, I say, disowned the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for the release of a murderer!

There have indeed gathered together in this city against your holy Servant Jesus, whom you has consecrated the Christ, not Herod and Pontius Pilate only, but the nations and the people of Israel besides--

Him who never knew sin God made to be Sin, on our behalf; so that we, through union with him, might become the Righteousness of God.

but by precious blood, as it were of a lamb, unblemished and spotless, the Blood of Christ.

He 'never sinned, nor was anything deceitful ever heard from his lips.'

and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but for those of the whole world besides.

And you know that Christ appeared to take away our sins; and in him Sin has no place.

To the Angel of the Church in Philadelphia write:-- "These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds 'the Key of David, who opens and no one shall shut, and shuts and no one opens':--

Made

For he is the radiance of the Glory of God and the very expression of his Being, upholding all creation by the power of his word; and, when he had made an expiation for the sins of men, he 'took his seat at the right hand' of God's Majesty on high,

We have, then, in Jesus, the Son of God, a great High Priest who has passed into the highest Heaven; let us, therefore, hold fast to the Faith which we have professed.

To sum up what I have been saying:--Such is the High Priest that we have, one who 'has taken his seat at the right hand' of the throne of God's Majesty in Heaven,

our eyes fixed upon Jesus, the Leader and perfect Example of our faith, who, for the joy that lay before him, endured the cross, heedless of its shame, and now 'has taken his seat at the right hand' of the throne of God.

For he knew that it was out of jealousy that they had given Jesus up to him.

So the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into Heaven, and sat at the right hand of God.

The same mighty power was exerted upon the Christ, when he raised the Christ from the dead and 'caused him to sit at his right hand' on high, exalting him above all Angels and Archangels of every rank,

That is why it is said--'When he went up on high, he led his captives into captivity. And gave gifts to mankind.'

And that is why God raised him to the very highest place, and gave him the Name which stands above all other names,

who has gone into Heaven, and is at God's right hand, where Angels and Archangels and the Powers of Heaven now yield submission to him.

And, when I saw him, I fell at his feet like one dead. He laid his hand on me and said-- 'Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,

General references

"Why do you call me good?" answered Jesus. "No one is good but God.