Hebrews 7:17

“For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.”

"For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec." - Hebrews 7:17
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What does Hebrews 7:17 mean?

Hebrews 7:17 in the King James Version of the Bible reads, "For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec." This verse comes in the context of the author of Hebrews explaining the superiority of Jesus' priesthood over the priesthood of the…

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The Eternal Priesthood: Reflections on Hebrews 7:17

As we delve into the profound depths of Hebrews 7:17, we encounter an assertion of monumental significance: "For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec." This verse encapsulates the essence of Christ’s eternal priesthood and its implications for…

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A Prayer for Eternal Priesthood in Christ

Heavenly Father, In the sacred stillness of this moment, I come before You with a heart full of gratitude and reverence for Your Word, which guides us and fills us with understanding. Lord, as I reflect on Hebrews 7:17, which declares, "For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for…

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Hebrews 7:17 - "For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec."
Hebrews 7:17 - "For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec."
Hebrews 7:17 - "For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec."
Hebrews 10:17 - "And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more."
Hebrews 7:7 - "And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better."
Hebrews 9:17 - "For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth."
Hebrews 7:20 - "And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:"
"And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better." - Hebrews 7:7
Hebrews 3:17 - "But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?"
Hebrews 7:12 - "For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law."
Hebrews 7:24 - "But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood."
Hebrews 7:22 - "By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament."
"And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more." - Hebrews 10:17
Hebrews 7:10 - "For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him."
Hebrews 7:18 - "For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof."
Hebrews 7:16 - "Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life."
Hebrews 3:7 - "Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,"
Hebrews 6:17 - "Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:"
Hebrews 8:7 - "For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second."
Hebrews 7:15 - "And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,"
Hebrews 7:23 - "And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:"
Hebrews 7:8 - "And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth."
Hebrews 1:7 - "And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire."
Hebrews 10:7 - "Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God."
Hebrews 7:14 - "For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood."
Hebrews 11:17 - "By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,"
Hebrews 7:13 - "For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar."
Hebrews 7:9 - "And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham."
Hebrews 7:19 - "For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God."