Hebrews 7:11
If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
Context
This verse from Hebrews Chapter 7 connects to 10 cross-references. The Melchizedek priesthood argument: Melchizedek met Abraham returning from battle, Abraham paid him a tithe, and Melchizedek's name and biography suggest a priesthood without beginning or end. Jesus became a priest not by genealogy but by the power of an …
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Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it hath the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be reckoned after the order of Aaron?
If indeed, then, perfection were through the Levitical priesthood--for the people under it had received law--what further need, according to the order of Melchisedek, for another priest to arise, and not to be called according to the order of Aaron?
Now if it was possible for things to be made complete through the priests of the house of Levi (for the law was given to the people in connection with them), what need was there for another priest who was of the order of Melchizedek and not of the order of Aaron?
Referensi Silang
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Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the …
And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.