1 El sumo sacerdote es escogido de entre los hombres para representarlos ante Dios y para ofrecer ofrendas y sacrificios por los pecados. 2 Y lo hace tanto por los pecados del pueblo como por los suyos propios, ya que como ser humano tiene muchas debilidades. Y por eso mismo, puede ser comprensivo con quienes son ignorantes y andan extraviados. 4 Nadie puede hacerse sumo sacerdote por su propia cuenta. Al sumo sacerdote lo llama Dios, como en el caso de Aarón. 5 Ni siquiera Cristo eligió él mismo ser sumo sacerdote, sino que Dios lo eligió y le dio ese honor cuando dijo: «Tú eres Hijo mío, yo te he engendrado hoy». 6 Y en otra ocasión le dijo: «Tú eres sacerdote eterno, de la misma clase de Melquisedec». 7 Cuando Cristo estaba en la tierra, con voz fuerte y muchas lágrimas ofreció ruegos y súplicas a Dios, quien podía librarlo de la muerte. Y Dios escuchó sus oraciones en virtud de su ferviente deseo de obedecer a Dios. 8 ¡Aun Jesús, siendo Hijo de Dios, tuvo que aprender por medio del sufrimiento lo que es la obediencia! 9 Y habiendo sido perfeccionado de esa manera, llegó a ser el autor de la salvación eterna de todos los que lo obedecen. 10 Y Dios lo nombró sumo sacerdote de la misma clase de Melquisedec. 11 Quisiera decirles mucho más sobre este asunto, pero sé que, como no quieren entender, me va a ser difícil explicarlo. 12 Después de tanto tiempo, ya debían poder enseñar a otros; sin embargo, hay necesidad de enseñarles de nuevo hasta los más sencillos principios de la Palabra de Dios. Se han debilitado tanto que, como niños, tienen que tomar sólo leche en vez de alimentos sólidos. 13 Esto demuestra que todavía no saben diferenciar entre el bien y el mal. ¡Todavía son ustedes como recién nacidos! 14 En cambio, los alimentos sólidos son para quienes ya son maduros, para quienes ya están acostumbrados a juzgar y a distinguir entre lo que es bueno y lo que es malo.
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There is no verse 3 in this translation; the verses after it keep their usual numbers.
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Melchizedek
King of Salem and priest of God Most High, who brought out bread and wine, blessed Abram, and received a tenth of everything from him.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 14:18–20; Psalm 110:4; Hebrews 5:6
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- 1 Hebrews 8:3; Hebrews 10:11; Hebrews 2:17; Leviticus 9:15–21; Hebrews 7:27
- 2 Hebrews 4:15; Hebrews 2:18; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10; Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 12:13
- 4 Exodus 28:1; Numbers 16:40; Numbers 16:5; 1 Chronicles 23:13; 2 Chronicles 26:18
- 5 Psalm 2:7; John 8:54; John 7:18; Hebrews 1:5; Acts 13:33
- 6 Psalm 110:4; Hebrews 7:17; Hebrews 7:21; Hebrews 7:3; Hebrews 5:10
- 7 Luke 22:41–44; John 17:1; Matthew 27:46; Mark 14:32–39; John 17:4–5
- 8 Philippians 2:8; Hebrews 10:5–9; John 4:34; Isaiah 50:5–6; John 15:10
- 9 Hebrews 9:15; Hebrews 2:10; Hebrews 12:2; Hebrews 9:12; Acts 5:32
- 10 Hebrews 5:5–6; Hebrews 6:20
- 11 Matthew 13:15; 2 Peter 3:16; Acts 28:27; John 16:12; John 6:6
- 12 Hebrews 6:1; 1 Corinthians 3:1–3; 1 Peter 2:2; Hebrews 5:13; Isaiah 28:9–10
- 13 1 Peter 2:2; 1 Corinthians 14:20; 2 Timothy 3:16; Ephesians 4:14; Isaiah 28:9
- 14 1 Corinthians 2:14–15; 1 Thessalonians 5:21; Philippians 1:9–10; Ephesians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 2:6
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
The blessed Paul wishes to show in the next place that this covenant is far better than the old. This then he does by first laying down remote considerations.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)
But strong meat belongeth to them that are perfect, even those who by habit have their senses exercised to distinguish good from evil." For here we see, as if clearly defined, what he calls the strong meat of the perfect; and which is the same as that which he writes to the Corinthans, "We speak wisdom among them that are …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
… himself, hardly bearing it, because his scholars were delaying a long time in their earlier lessons: "For when for the time," saith he, "ye ought to be teachers, ye have need to be taught again which be the first principles of the oracles of God. " Wherefore we too mourn and lament.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
But let those here present whose habit of mind is mature, and who have their senses already exercised to discern good and evil, endure patiently to listen to things fitted rather for children, and to an introductory course, as it were, of milk: that at the same time both those who have need of the instruction may be benefited, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
The same consideration applies to another passage, "He learnt obedience by the things which He suffered," and to His "strong crying and tears," and His "Entreaties," and His "being heard," and His" Reverence," all of which He wonderfully wrought out, like a drama whose plot was devised on our behalf.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)