“"Through two unchangeable things" … the former is that he swore by himself. The latter is that David said, "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, that you are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek." It is by this means that we who have been made coheirs of his promise "might have strong encouragem…”
Ephrem the Syrian, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS
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20Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
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18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
19Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;