Ebrei 7:7

7 Ora, senza contraddizione, l’inferiore è benedetto dal superiore;

Ebrei 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.

Ebrei 7:7 In-Context

5 Or quelli d’infra i figliuoli di Levi che ricevono il sacerdozio, hanno bensì ordine, secondo la legge, di prender le decime dal popolo, cioè dai loro fratelli, benché questi siano usciti dai lombi d’Abramo;
6 quello, invece, che non è della loro stirpe, prese la decima da Abramo e benedisse colui che avea le promesse!
7 Ora, senza contraddizione, l’inferiore è benedetto dal superiore;
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;
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