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Heb 5:1. Πᾶς) Every priest of the house of Levi. An antithesis to Christ; for the apostle is speaking of the Levitical priesthood, Heb 5:1-3 : and the Apodosis is not added, because it is included (contained virtually) in the antecedent observations. But in Heb 5:4, there is a Protasis in a new part of the comparison with the Apodosis subsequently following it. This is the sum. Whatever is excellent in the Levitical priests, that is in Christ, and indeed in a more eminent degree; whatever is defective in them, that however is also in Christ.-ἐξ ἀνθρώπων λαμβανόμενος, taken from among men) A part of the predicate. Before they were taken, they were evidently of the same condition.-ὑπὲρ, for) from among men, for men, an elegant (neat) expression.-καθίσταται, is ordained) The present; is usually ordained.-τὰ πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν, in things pertaining to God) So the LXX., Deu 31:27.-δῶρα, gifts) referring to things without life.-θυσίας ὑπὲρ ἁμαρτιῶν, sacrifices for sin) consisting of animals.