VerseEphrem the Syrian, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS 5 Read all of Hebrews 5 →
Hebrews 5:4
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“He did not obtain the high priesthood by usurpation, but just like Aaron, whom God elected with the leafy staff.”
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4And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
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2Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
3And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
— Hebrews 5:4 —
5So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
6As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.