Ebrei 7:10

10 perch’egli era ancora ne’ lombi di suo padre, quando Melchisedec incontrò Abramo.

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 e poi, qui, quelli che prendon le decime son degli uomini mortali; ma là le prende uno di cui si attesta che vive.

9 E, per così dire, nella persona d’Abramo, Levi stesso, che prende le decime, fu sottoposto alla decima;

10 perch’egli era ancora ne’ lombi di suo padre, quando Melchisedec incontrò Abramo.

11 Ora, se la perfezione fosse stata possibile per mezzo del sacerdozio levitico (perché su quello è basata la legge data al popolo), che bisogno c’era ancora che sorgesse un altro sacerdote secondo l’ordine di Melchisedec e non scelto secondo l’ordine d’Aronne?

12 Poiché, mutato il sacerdozio, avviene per necessità anche un mutamento di legge.