Hebreus 7:7

7 Ora, sem contradição alguma, o menor é abençoado pelo maior.

Hebreus 7:7 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 7:7

And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the
greater.
] This is a self-evident truth, and is undeniable; it admits of no controversy, and cannot be gainsaid, that he that blesseth is greater in that respect than he that is blessed by him; as the priests were greater in their office than the people who were blessed by them; and so Melchizedek, as a priest of the most high God, and as blessing Abraham, was greater than he; and so must be greater than the Levites, who sprung from him; and his priesthood be more excellent than theirs; and consequently Christ, his antitype, and who was of his order, must be greater too; which is the design of the apostle throughout the whole of his reasoning.

Hebreus 7:7 In-Context

5 E os que dentre os filhos de Levi recebem o sacerdócio têm ordem, segundo a lei, de tomar os dízimos do povo, isto é, de seus irmãos, ainda que estes também tenham saído dos lombos de Abraão;

6 mas aquele cuja genealogia não é contada entre eles, tomou dízimos de Abraão, e abençoou ao que tinha as promessas.

7 Ora, sem contradição alguma, o menor é abençoado pelo maior.

8 E aqui certamente recebem dízimos homens que morrem; ali, porém, os recebe aquele de quem se testifica que vive.

9 E, por assim dizer, por meio de Abraão, até Levi, que recebe dízimos, pagou dízimos,