Hebrews 7:21 (WEB)
(for they indeed have been made priests without an oath), but he with an oath by him that says of him, “The Lord swore and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.’”
Fathers and councils · 7
Gregory of Nyssa
“…form of the servant, and offered an oblation and sacrifice for us), He, I say, became a High Priest many generations later, after the order of Melchisedech.” — editor's note: Cf. Heb. vii. 21
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
“Hence it is said, And he took bread, and gave thanks, (Heb. 7:21.) as also He had given thanks upon finishing the old feast, leaving us an example to glorify God at the beginning and end of every good work.” — the author cites it
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“He received not the High-Priesthood from bodily succession, nor was He anointed with oil prepared by man, but before all ages by the Father; and He so far excels the others as with an oath He is made Priest: For they are priests without an oath, but He with an oath by Him that said, The Lord sware, and will not repent.” — editor's note: Heb. vii. 21.
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John Chrysostom
““For those priests were made without an oath,” ( ver. 21, 22 ) “but This with an oath, by Him that said unto Him, The Lord swore and will not repent, Thou art Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.” — the author cites it
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“This prophecy is confirmed by the divine Apostle.” — editor's note: Hebrews vii. 21
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Hippolytus of Rome
“For also our Father, on beholding the Good One, and on being initiated with Him, preserved the mysteries respecting which silence is enjoined, and sware, as it has been written, “The Lord sware, and will not repent.”” — editor's note: Ps. cx. 4; Heb. vii. 21.
Read the whole comment“And this oath, (Justinus) says, our Father Elohim sware when He was beside the Good One, and having sworn He did not repent (of the oath), respecting which, he says, it has been written, “The Lord sware, and will not repent.”” — editor's note: Ps. cx. 4; Heb. vii. 21.
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Cross-references · 11
Cited together with
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies V.22.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies V.22.
Cited together in Bede on Luke 22:19–20 (Catena Aurea) and 2 other places.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies V.19.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies V.22.
Cited together in Bede on Luke 22:19–20 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 22:19–20 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies V.22.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies V.19 and 1 other place.
Quotes
Hebrews 7:21 takes up the words of Psalm 110:4 (15 words in common).
