Hebreeën 7:24

24 Maar Deze, omdat Hij in der eeuwigheid blijft, heeft een onvergankelijk Priesterschap.

Hebreeën 7:24 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 7:24

But this man, because he continueth ever
Though he died, death did not forbid him to continue, as it does other men; he was not forced to die, he died voluntarily; and he continued but for a small time under the power of death; besides, his death was a branch of his priestly office: so that he not only continued in his divine nature, which still had the human nature in union with it, but he continued in his office as a priest, and quickly rose from the dead; and the virtue of his sacrifice always remains, and he himself ever lives as an intercessor: wherefore he

hath an unchangeable priesthood;
which will never be antiquated, and give place to another; nor does it, or ever will it pass from him to another, for it is needless, seeing he lives, and no other is sufficient for it; and it would be injustice to pass it to another; the glory of it is due to him; and this is matter of comfort to the saints, that he sits a priest upon his throne, and that his priesthood always continues.

Hebreeën 7:24 In-Context

22 Van een zoveel beter verbond is Jezus Borg geworden.

23 En genen zijn wel vele priesters geworden, omdat zij door den dood verhinderd werden altijd te blijven;

24 Maar Deze, omdat Hij in der eeuwigheid blijft, heeft een onvergankelijk Priesterschap.

25 Waarom Hij ook volkomenlijk kan zalig maken degenen, die door Hem tot God gaan, alzo Hij altijd leeft om voor hen te bidden.

26 Want zodanig een Hogepriester betaamde ons, heilig, onnozel, onbesmet, afgescheiden van de zondaren, en hoger dan de hemelen geworden;