Hebreus 7:8

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

Hebreus 7:8 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 7:8

And here men that die receive tithes,
&c,] The priests and Levites were not only men, and mortal men, subject to death, but they did die, and so did not continue, by reason of death, ( Hebrews 7:24 )

but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth;
which is to be understood of Melchizedek; who is not opposed to men, as if he was not a man, nor to mortal men, but to men that die; nor is he said to be immortal, but to live: and this may respect the silence of the Scripture concerning him, which gives no account of his death; and may be interpreted of the perpetuity of his priesthood, and of his living in his antitype Christ; and the testimony concerning him is in ( Psalms 110:4 ) .

Hebreus 7:8 In-Context

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,

10 porquanto ele estava ainda nos lombos de seu pai quando Melquisedeque saiu ao encontro deste.