Hebrews 7:17

17 (For he testifieth: Thou arte a prest forever after the order of Melchysedech)

Hebrews 7:17 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 7:17

For he testifieth
That is, either David, the penman of the psalm, or rather the Holy Ghost, the enditer of it, or God in the Scripture, in ( Psalms 110:4 ) of this form of citing Scripture, (See Gill on Hebrews 2:6).

thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec;
see ( Hebrews 5:6 Hebrews 5:10 ) ( 6:20 ) .

Hebrews 7:17 In-Context

15 And it is yet a more evydent thinge yf after the similitude of Melchisedech ther aryse a nother prest

16 which is not made after the lawe of the carnall commaundmet: but after the power of the endlesse lyfe

17 (For he testifieth: Thou arte a prest forever after the order of Melchysedech)

18 Then the commaundmet that went a fore is disanulled because of hir weaknes and vnproffitablenes.

19 For the lawe made nothynge parfecte: but was an introduccion of a better hope by which hope we drawe nye vnto god.