Hebrews 7:23-28
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- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- Chapter XXII, On Modesty, Tertullian (c. 217)
- Book I, Chapter 3, Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius of Caesarea, (c. 320).
- From the
Geneva Notes.
- "The Levitical priests offered sacrifice after sacrifice, first for themselves, and then for the people. Christ offered not for himself, but for others, not sacrifices, but himself, not repeatedly, but once. This should not seem strange, he says, for they are weak, but this man is consecrated as an everlasting Priest, and that by an oath."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
- "It is hard to keep ourselves pure, so as not to partake the guilt of other men's sins. But none need be dismayed who come to God in the name of his beloved Son. Let them be assured that he will deliver them in the time of trial and suffering, in the time of prosperity, in the hour of death, and in the day of judgment."
- From
Wesley's
Notes.
- "He died once; he intercedes perpetually."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "Another proof of superiority; the Levitical priests were many, as death caused the need of continually new ones being appointed in succession. Christ dies not, and so hath a priesthood which passes not from one to another."
- From
The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- "Instead of the daily offering for himself and others, Christ made but one offering, himself, when he died upon the cross. This offering was complete when he, as the high priest, ascended into the Holy of Holies above to intercede for the sins of his people. The perfect high priest had offered the perfect sacrifice and had dedicated the new and better covenant."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
-
"First
Thoughts on Year B Epistle Passages in the Lectionary,"
Pentecost 21, William
Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
- "Hebrews is similar to John in seeing the old as no longer valid, but as once having been given by God."
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- "Christ's Superior Priesthood," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
- Hebrews 7:23-28, "Wandering But Not Lost," Stanley N. Olson, Word & World Texts in Context, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1985.
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"First
Thoughts on Year B Epistle Passages in the Lectionary,"
Pentecost 21, William
Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
- Articles & Background:
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"Melchizedek in
Hebrews 7," G. Granerød, Biblica, 2009.
- "I argue that the surplus information found in Heb 7,3.8 stems from arguments made from silence. The author explicitly makes arguments from silence in Heb 7,14.20."
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"Melchizedek in
Hebrews 7," G. Granerød, Biblica, 2009.
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Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Bamberger, Henry,
"New Light on the High Priest," Journal of Ecumenical Studies,
1981.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Ellingworth, Paul,
"The Unshakable Priesthood: Hebrews 7.24," Journal for the Study of the
New Testament, 1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Jorgensen, Janyce C.,
"Between Text and Sermon: Hebrews 7:23-28," Interpretation, 2003.
(See also,
"Hebrews," issue focus of Interpretation, 2003.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - MacLeod, David J.,
"Christ, the Believer's High Priest: An Exposition of Hebrews 7:26-28,"
Bibliotheca Sacra, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- McNair, Bruce,
"Luther, Calvin, and the Exegetical Tradition of Melchisedec," Review
and Expositor, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Nelson, Richard D.,
"'He Offered Himself,' Sacrifice in Hebrews," Interpretation,
2003. (See also,
"Hebrews," issue focus of Interpretation, 2003.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Neyrey, Jerome H., S.J.,
"God, Benefactor and Patron: The Major Cultural Model for Interpreting the
Deity in Greco-Roman Antiquity," Journal for the Study of the New
Testament, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Olson, Stanley N.,
"Wandering But Not Lost," Word & World, 1985. (Section on this
text begins on page 431.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Peterson, Robert A., "'Though All Hell Should
Endeavor to shake': God' Preservation of His Saints," Presbyterion,
1991.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Rowell, J.B.,
"Our Great High Priest," Bibliotheca Sacra, 1961.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Songer, Harold S.,
"A Superior Priesthood: Hebrews 4:14-7:28," Review and Expositor,
1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Stevenson-Moessner, Jeanne,
"The Road to Perfection - An Interpretation of Suffering in Hebrews,"
Interpretation, 2003. (See also,
"Hebrews," issue focus of Interpretation, 2003.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wright, Stephen Hamilton, "Reconciled with Atonement,"
The Living Pulpit, 2007. (See
also
"Atonement," issue focus of The Living Pulpit, 16.2, 2007.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Bamberger, Henry,
"New Light on the High Priest," Journal of Ecumenical Studies,
1981.
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