Hebrews 3:1
Context3:1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, 1 partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess, 2
Hebrews 4:14
Context4:14 Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.
Hebrews 5:1
Context5:1 For every high priest is taken from among the people 3 and appointed 4 to represent them before God, 5 to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
Hebrews 7:1
Context7:1 Now this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kings and blessed him. 6
Hebrews 7:26
Context7:26 For it is indeed fitting for us to have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
Hebrews 7:28
Context7:28 For the law appoints as high priests men subject to weakness, 7 but the word of solemn affirmation that came after the law appoints a son made perfect forever.
Hebrews 8:3
Context8:3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. So this one too had to have something to offer.
Hebrews 13:11
Context13:11 For the bodies of those animals whose blood the high priest brings 8 into the sanctuary as an offering for sin are burned outside the camp.
1 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 2:11.
2 tn Grk “of our confession.”
3 tn Grk “from among men,” but since the point in context is shared humanity (rather than shared maleness), the plural Greek term ἀνθρώπων (anqrwpwn) has been translated “people.”
4 tn Grk “who is taken from among people is appointed.”
5 tn Grk “appointed on behalf of people in reference to things relating to God.”
6 sn A series of quotations from Gen 14:17-19.
7 sn See Heb 5:2 where this concept was introduced.
8 tn Grk “whose blood is brought by the high priest.”