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16 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
Ver. 16. Of a carnal command] i.e. External and ceremonial.
But after the power] Both of God the Father, who made him a priest, and of God the Son, who is the Father of eternity, Isa_9:6, and a Priest for ever; which word "for ever" the apostle expoundeth and improveth in the last clause of this verse, "the power of an endless life."
Ver. 16. Of a carnal command] i.e. External and ceremonial.
But after the power] Both of God the Father, who made him a priest, and of God the Son, who is the Father of eternity, Isa_9:6, and a Priest for ever; which word "for ever" the apostle expoundeth and improveth in the last clause of this verse, "the power of an endless life."