(A)[a]And no man taketh this honor unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

So likewise Christ took not to himself this honor to be made the high Priest, but he that said unto him, (B)Thou art my son, this day begat I thee, gave it him.

As he also in another place speaketh, (C)Thou art a Priest forever, after the [b]order of Melchizedek,

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 5:4 The third comparison which is whole: The others are called of God, and so was Christ, but in another order than Aaron: for Christ is called the Son, begotten of God, and a Priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
  2. Hebrews 5:6 After the likeness or manner as it is afterward declared, Heb. 7:15.

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