THERE are three general parts of this chapter;—First, A description of the office and duties of a high priest, verses 1–4. Secondly, The application of this general description unto the person and pri…

Two things the apostle hath proposed unto himself, which in this and the ensuing verses he doth yet further pursue. 1. A description of a high priest according to the law. 2. The evincing, (1.) That w…

In the third verse the apostle illustrates what he had asserted concerning the high priest, as to his being "compassed with infirmity," from a necessary consequent thereof: he was to offer sacrifices…

The foregoing verses declare the personal qualifications of a high priest. But these alone are not sufficient actually to invest any one with that office; it is required, moreover, that he be lawfully…

The description of a high priest according to the law, with respect,—1. Unto his nature; 2. His employment, verse 1; 3. His qualification, verse 2; 4. His especial duty, with regard (1.) to himself, (…

The next verse gives us a further confirmation of the call of Christ unto his office, by another testimony, taken from Ps. 110:4. And much time, with diligence, would be needful to the explanation her…

In this verse two instances of the qualifications of a high priest are accommodated unto our Lord Jesus Christ, and that in the retrograde order before proposed. For the last thing expressed concernin…

The things discoursed in the foregoing verse seem to have an inconsistency with the account given us concerning the person of Jesus Christ at the entrance of this epistle. For he is therein declared t…

The words and design of this verse have so great a coincidence with those of chap. 2:10, that we shall the less need to insist upon them. Something only must be spoken to clear the context. The apostl…

In the 10th verse the apostle returns unto the improvement of the testimony given unto the priesthood of Christ taken from Ps. 110. And hereby he makes way unto another necessary digression, without w…

In the 11th verse the apostle enters upon his designed digression. And first he expresseth the occasion and reason of it, taken from the subject or matter which in this place it was necessary for him…

The three ensuing verses, as they all treat of the same matter with that foregoing, so they have all the same design in themselves, and cannot be severed in their exposition. The reasons of the reproo…