Ebrei 7:10

10 Perchè egli era ancora ne’ lombi del padre, quando Melchisedec l’incontrò.

Ebrei 7:10 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 7:10

For he was yet in the loins of his father
Abraham; namely, Levi and his whole posterity; which is to be understood seminally, just as all mankind were in the loins of Adam, when he sinned and fell, and so they sinned and fell in him; and so Levi was in Abraham's loins,

when Melchisedec met him;
which, as it proves Melchizedek to be greater than Levi, and much more Jesus Christ, who is a priest of his order, which is the grand thing the apostle has in view; so it serves to illustrate several points of doctrine, in which either of the public heads, Adam and Christ, are concerned, with respect to their seed and offspring; such as personal election in Christ, an eternal donation of all blessings of grace to the elect in him, eternal justification in him, the doctrine of original sin, and the saints' crucifixion, burial, resurrection, and session in Christ, and together with him.

Ebrei 7:10 In-Context

8 Oltre a ciò, qui son gli uomini mortali che prendono le decime; ma là le prende colui di cui è testimoniato che egli vive.

9 E per dir così, in Abrahamo fu decimato Levi stesso, che prende le decime.

10 Perchè egli era ancora ne’ lombi del padre, quando Melchisedec l’incontrò.

11 Se adunque la perfezione era per il sacerdozio levitico poichè in su quello fu data la legge al popolo, che era egli più bisogno che sorgesse un altro sacerdote secondo l’ordine di Melchisedec, e che non fosse nominato secondo l’ordine d’Aaronne?

12 Perciocchè, mutato il sacerdozio, di necessità si fa ancor mutazione di legge.