whom he has appointed heir of all things, by whom, also, he made the ages;

who, being the effulgence of his glory and the exact representation of his essence, and upholding all things by his own powerful word, when he had by himself made expiation for our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels; thou hast crowned him with glory and honor;

But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, that he might, by the grace of God, taste death for every man- we see him, on account of his having suffered death, crowned with glory and honor.

Since, then, the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also, in like manner, partook of the same, that, through his death, he might deprive of power him that has the power of death, that is, the devil;

and might set free those who, through fear of death, were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

"Wherefore, it behooved him to be made like his brethren in all things, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, in order to make expiation for the sins of the people.

and, having been made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation to all that obey him,

For it is impossible to renew again to repentance those who have once been enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself,

that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled to lay hold on the hope set before us;

whither a forerunner for us has gone, even Jesus, who is made a high priest forever after the order of Melchisedec.

For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him,

without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life, but being made to resemble the Son of God, remains a priest forever.

for he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.

who is made, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life; for he testifies,

(for the law made no perfect expiation), and the introduction of a better hope, by which we draw near to God.

And inasmuch as he was made a priest, not without an oath,

(for those priests were made such without an oath, but this one with an oath, by him that said to him, The Lord swore, and will not repent, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchisedec;)

not like the covenant which I made with their fathers, in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt: because they continued not in my covenant, and I disregarded them, says the Lord.

the Holy Spirit signifying this, that the way into the most holy was not yet made manifest, while the first tabernacle was still standing,

But Christ, having come a high priest of the good things to come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, (that is, not of this building,)

For the Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, the copies of the true; but he has entered heaven itself, now to present himself in the presence of God for us.

henceforth waiting till his enemies be made his footstool.

For by one offering, he has made a perfect and perpetual expiation for the sanctified.

By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the sons of Israel, and gave commandment concerning his bones.

By faith he kept the passover, and the affusion of blood, that he who destroyed the first-born might not touch them.

quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.

Women received their dead raised to life again: but others were beat to death, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection;

because God had provided some better thing for us, that they, without us, should not be made perfect.

and to the sound of a trumpet, and to the utterance of words, the hearing of which utterance caused the people to entreat that the word might not be spoken to them again;

to the general assembly and church of the first-born, who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the just made perfect,

And this prophecy, Yet once more, signifies the removing of the things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that the things which can not be shaken may remain.

Wherefore, Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people by his own blood, suffered without the gate.