Hebrews 7:23 (WEB)
Many, indeed, have been made priests, because they are hindered from continuing by death.
Fathers and councils · 2
John Chrysostom
“By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better covenant.”” — editor's note: The common editions add here ver. 23, 24 , “and they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death; but this [man]…
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“As for the words and charges to Joshua which he puts into the angel’s mouth, let them be treated with silent respect, as referring perhaps to a greater and higher object than those who are many priests: but even at his right hand stood the devil, to resist him.” — editor's note: Heb. vii. 23.
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